[3][4] The gar'in of the kibbutz was founded by a group of Hashomer Hatzair graduates from Mandatory Palestine who gathered at Mishmar HaEmek in 1936.

At Rishon LeZion, the members were occupied in manual work at orchards, factories, and road paving (for the Solel Boneh company) and established a carpentry shop and a Laundrette.

The members settled in Gvulot for three years where they worked the lands of the Jewish National Fund and asked to remain there as a permanent settlement.

[5] During the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, transportation was limited and was only carried out with armored vehicles, and fieldwork was done under guards.

Following the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, the army of Egypt invaded the former territory of Mandatory Palestine and advanced along the coastline until it reached Ad Halom bridge.

From the end of May till October 1948, the kibbutz was near the front lines of the Egyptian Army and was repeatedly shelled by artillery fire.