Tze'elim

Today the kibbutz markets itself as a tourist destination, with a natural hot springs spa and accommodation.

A 120 MW solar power plant, Israel's largest to date, opened in the kibbutz in 2020.

In 2005 the Israeli Defense Forces, with assistance from the United States, built the Urban Warfare Training Center at the Tze'elim Army Base, at a cost of $45 million.

Nicknamed "Baladia" (Arabic for "city"), it is a 7.4 square mile training center used to instruct soldiers in urban warfare techniques, and consists of an imitation Middle Eastern style city with multiple multistorey buildings.

The project was developed in response to the need for greater urban warfare training amongst the IDF, following the conflict during the Second Intifada.

Tze’elim, November 1947
Aircraft landing site, Kibbutz Tze’elim, 1948