| Kfar Yavetz | |
| Founded: | 10 April 1932 |
| District: | center |
| Council: | Lev HaSharon |
| Affiliation: | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel center ta |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 32.275°N 34.9647°W |
Kfar Yavetz (he|כְּפַר יַעֲבֵץ||Yavetz Village) is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near the Arab city of Tayibe, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lev HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The village was founded on 10 April 1932 as a kibbutz. It was named for Rabbi Ze'ev Yavetz, a founder of the Mizrachi movement.[1]
As the kibbutz was situated on the front, opposite the Iraqi army sent as auxiliaries during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the inhabitants were evacuated for their safety, and the kibbutz was turned into army base.[2] The residents resettled in Geulei Teiman and the village was rebuilt as a moshav in 1951, incorporating within it new immigrants from Yemen and from central Europe.[2]
Kfar Yavetz is located in the heart of the Triangle, near the Wadi Ara highway.
On 7 July 2003 Mazal Afari, 65, a resident of Kfar Yavetz was killed in her home in a suicide bombing carried out by Islamic Jihad. Afari, a mother of eight, was waiting for her husband and sons to return from synagogue. The terrorist slipped into the house unnoticed and detonated a bomb he was carrying in a bag.[3] Three of her grandchildren were injured in the attack.[4] The house was destroyed in the blast.[5]