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HaKirya
Area in central Tel Aviv, Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, and a civilian area south of it.
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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. Located in a dense urban environment and closely surrounded by civilian infrastructure, the base serves mainly command, administrative, communications, and support functions.