Kfar Ruth

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Kfar Ruth (Hebrew: כְּפַר רוּת, lit.

It was established in 1977 in an area that had become a no-man's land between Israel and Jordanian-controlled West Bank at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, before becoming part of the Israeli-occupied territories in the 1967 Six-Day War.

[2] It falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council and had a population of 275 in 2022.

[1] The settlement was established in 1977 and was named after the ancient village of Capheruta that appears on the Madaba Map.

[5] According to ARIJ, after the Six-Day War, Israel confiscated 814 dunams of land from the Palestinian village of Saffa for the construction of Kfar Ruth.