Located near the Sea of Galilee and the cities of Tiberias and Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council.

[1] In 1945, the Hukok fort was built by the Solel Boneh company as a strategic settlement post and named after the biblical village of Huqoq (Joshua 19:34),[2] the supposed burial place of the prophet Habakkuk.

[3] The kibbutz was established in 1946 by graduates of the Mikveh Israel agricultural school and members of the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement.

[4] Between 2002 and 2003, as part of a nationwide program, the kibbutz took in 76 immigrants (22 families) from Latin America, of whom 58 remained.

The kibbutz operates a private beach on Lake Kinneret that was awarded a Blue Flag for environmental excellence in 2013.