page_title: Hartuv
section_title: New Har-Tuv and the War of Independence (1930–1948)
hierarchical_section_title: Hartuv / History / New Har-Tuv and the War of Independence (1930–1948)
caption_attribution_description: English: Region of Artuf/Har Tuv from the 1940s until today.
context_page_description: Hartuv or Har-Tuv was an agricultural colony in the Judean Hills established in 1883 on land purchased from the Arab village of Artuf by English missionaries. It was destroyed in the 1929 Palestine riots but was rebuilt in 1930. In 1948 it was abandoned again. Hartuv was the starting point for the Convoy of 35 during the 1948 war. Hartuv is now an industrial zone near Beit Shemesh.
context_section_description: In 1930 Hartuv was rebuilt and some of the families returned.
  According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Har Tuv had a population of 107 inhabitants, in 24 inhabited houses.
  On 20 December 1947, a Notrim truck on its way to Hartuv was attacked and its 3 passengers murdered. Since then all transportation was done in lightly armored vehicles.
  On March 18, 1948 a convoy that had just finished resupplying Hartuv was ambushed on its way back to Jerusalem by the forces of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni. 11 convoy members were killed in the battle.
  The Convoy of 35 left Hartuv in an attempt to resupply and reinforce the Gush Etzion kibbutzim by foot on January 16, 1948. 35 members of the convoy were killed.
caption: The region of Hartuv in its historical setting.
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