HaKirya , or The Kirya ( Hebrew : הַקִּרְיָה , lit. ' The Campus ' ), is an area in central Tel Aviv , consisting of an urban military base north of Kaplan Street.
17-513: HaKirya contains the Tel Aviv District 's government center and the major Israel Defense Forces (IDF) base Camp Rabin ( Hebrew : מַחֲנֶה רַבִּין , Mahaneh Rabin ), named for Yitzhak Rabin . It was one of the first IDF bases and has served as the IDF's headquarters since its founding in 1948. The base serves mainly command, administrative, communications, and support functions. Much of
34-491: A British military and police base. The base was the site of the first-ever unconcealed Haganah attack on a British installation. The base was taken over by the Haganah on December 16, 1947, and renamed Camp Yehoshua after Yehoshua Globerman [ he ] (1905–1947), who was killed near Latrun while returning from a mission to Jerusalem . It was the first independent Jewish military base in modern history. The base
51-538: A northern section, used for the military base, and the southern one, a business district which includes the Kirya Tower . These sections are separated by Kaplan Street . The military base is home to the Matcal Tower and Marganit Tower , and serves as the headquarters of the IDF's General Staff . There are plans to relocate parts of the northern section (military base), including the dining hall, in favor of
68-420: A second passenger terminal building located on the southern side of HaShalom road, opposite from the existing passenger building. Electronic boards display the timetable in the station building, on the platforms, and in the shopping mall. Electrification works in the station were completed in 2020. An additional side platform and fourth track are expected to be added to the station in the mid-2020s as part of
85-545: A third track was added in 2006. The station building is located above the platforms, with entrances on the north side of HaShalom Road and via a bridge connected to the Azrieli Center mall and the Shaul HaMelech light rail station. Exit-only stairways were opened in 2008 to provide direct access to bus stops on the southern side of HaShalom Road. In February 2021 Israel Railways completed the construction of
102-753: A two-storey retail mall, at the intersection of Menachem Begin and Shaul HaMelech Boulevards. Hakirya Bridge, a pedestrian bridge above Begin Road , connects the district to the Azrieli Center , a landmark high-rise commercial complex in Tel Aviv located to the east. Another pedestrian bridge connects the Azrieli Center with HaShalom railway station , which is also accessible at street level via Giva'at HaTahmoshet Street/HaShalom Road (an extension of Kaplan Street). There are two underground stations below Begin St. on
119-490: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station Inter-city lines to Nahariya and Karmiel via Haifa Inter-city and suburban lines to Beersheba Tel Aviv–HaShalom railway station ( Hebrew : תַּחֲנַת תֵּל אָבִיב – הַשָּלוֹם ) is a major railway station on the Ayalon Railway in central Tel Aviv , Israel , serving most lines of Israel Railways . It
136-598: Is located in the median of the Ayalon Highway at the HaShalom interchange, near the city's main commercial area and HaKirya IDF base. In 2019, over 15 million passengers used the station, making it the busiest in the country. The station was built by the Polish company Mostostal Warszawa and opened in 1996 with two tracks served by two side platforms . One of the platforms was turned into an island platform when
153-464: Is the geographically smallest yet also the most densely populated of the six administrative districts of Israel , with a population of 1.35 million residents. It is 98.9% Jewish and 1.10% Arab (0.7% Muslim , 0.4% Christian ). The district's capital is Tel Aviv , one of the two largest cities in Israel and the country's economic, business and technological capital. The metropolitan area created by
170-460: The Red Line light rail line, one station nearby Shaul HaMelech and Moses Streets in the north of the district and one near Yehudit St. in the southern part of it. 32°4′29.25″N 34°47′16.62″E / 32.0747917°N 34.7879500°E / 32.0747917; 34.7879500 Tel Aviv District The Tel Aviv District ( Hebrew : מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב ; Arabic : منطقة تل أبيب )
187-619: The Tel Aviv Light Rail and private development. Plans also exist to build five new towers inside the base, including new structures for the Military Intelligence Directorate and Navy . In August 2013, The Tel Aviv Local Committee approved plans for the Keren HaKirya mixed-use complex , composed of 80 and 50-storey commercial towers, two 45-storey residential towers, on a base consisting of
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#1732783481027204-555: The Kirya today is located on the lands of Sarona , a Templer settlement founded in the 19th century. Sarona was an agricultural colony, and kept this nature despite the expansion of Tel Aviv and attempts by the city to buy some of Sarona's lands. In World War II , British forces took control of Sarona and converted it into a prison camp for Germans. After the war, the German prisoners were deported, mostly to Australia , and Sarona became
221-697: The Tel Aviv district and its neighboring cities is locally named Gush Dan . It is the only one of the six districts not adjacent to either the West Bank or an international border, being surrounded on the north, east, and south by the Central District and on the west by the Mediterranean Sea . The population density of the Tel Aviv district is 7,259/km . 32°05′N 34°48′E / 32.083°N 34.800°E / 32.083; 34.800 This geography of Israel article
238-596: The project to add a fourth track to the Ayalon Railway. The station is located near several major crossroads in central Tel Aviv. HaShalom Road continues east toward Givatayim and Ramat Gan while Kaplan Street proceeds west into Tel Aviv. Dozens of bus lines pass along the parallel Begin Road on their way to and from the central bus station . The buses serving the station area are operated primarily by Egged and Dan , as well as Kavim , Superbus , Afikim and Nateev Express . Platform numbers increase in
255-638: The southern part of the Kirya. In 2012, there were reports that the IDF headquarters or parts of it would be moved to Jerusalem, or to the Negev , the Galilee and the city of Lod , while retaining the more recently built IDF facilities of the Kirya. In 2012, it was speculated that HaKirya could be targeted by enemy GPS-guided missiles, in particular the M-300 missiles installed in Syria. The Kirya today consists of
272-421: Was also founded at the base. Over the years, the military base's land area has been decreasing due to the high land value and sale to private companies. In 2009, Camp Rabin was the base with the largest number of regular soldiers. Many of the civilian government offices once spread over the entire former Sarona colony were concentrated outside the military base in the Kirya Tower , which was completed in 2005 in
289-585: Was dubbed HaKirya because it contained the government offices in Tel Aviv, the provisional capital of Israel at the time, until Jerusalem was secured and declared the capital. The Haganah and then Israel Defense Forces also used the Templer buildings as their first headquarters, including the headquarters of the Sherut Avir (later Israeli Air Force ) and the Kiryati Brigade . The Givati Brigade
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