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Yir'on (Hebrew: יִרְאוֹן‎) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located adjacent to the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 386.

The village was established on 20 May 1949 by former members of the Palmach's Yiftach Brigade and graduates of the Dror - HaHalutz youth movement on the ruins of the abandoned Arab village of Saliha. It was one of a series of villages established along the Lebanese border, with the intention of reinforcing the young states's borders.

The kibbutz makes money from tourism, the farming of fruit, the growing of trees in a tree nursery and light industry (which included a zip factory).

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