Eventually the name Gvar'am was chosen to symbolize the people's heroism in the struggle for the expansion of Israel's borders within its land.

[6] The core of the initial founders, called "Mahar", was established in Germany within the framework of the United Kibbutz as a common nucleus of both religious and secular members.

The goal was to establish a strong foothold on approximately 3600 dunams of land belonging to the existing foundation, which had been acquired in the vicinity of the village of Simsim.

[9] These plots included an orchard of about 80 dunams, located approximately one kilometer north of the settlement point, and it had a water well that served the kibbutz.

During the Independence War, the kibbutz was on the front lines facing the invading Egyptian forces and came under direct fire from the Hulikat battleground.

In 2008 a rocket killed a resident of the kibbutz, who was the mother-in-law of English actor Paul Kaye (who had lived there for a year and met his wife there).