Ancient Nearby sites such as
Tel Gezer and
Ekron were major urban centres during the Canaanite and Philistine periods. Archaeological evidence from the broader region suggests widespread rural settlement, with remains of wine presses, cisterns and agricultural terraces dating back to the Iron Age, reflecting a strong Israelite presence during the period of the First Temple (c. 10th–6th centuries BCE).
Modern The moshav was founded on 4 January 1950 by
immigrants from
Romania on the land that had belonged to the depopulated
Palestinian village of
Innaba, which was occupied by Israeli forces on 10 July 1948. It was named after
Stephen Samuel (Shmuel) Wise, an American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader. ==See also==