It borders Kiryat Ono in the north, Yehud in the east, and Or Yehuda in the south.

A major Israel Defense Forces base and the Sheba Medical Center are located in Tel HaShomer.

[1] During World War II, most of the village lands were expropriated for the construction of a British military base.

[2] Towards of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, Arabs under the command of Hasan Salama began smuggling in arms and personnel disguised as laborers into the camp.

The Haganah command saw this as a threat and on April 15, 1948, two companies for the 32nd and 33rd Battalions of the Alexandroni Brigade entered and captured the base.