Kiryat Gat Kiryat Gat is a city in the South District of Israel. The city was founded in 1954. Read more about the city Municipality: Matnas Heyhal Edit Tel. 08-6600006 The National Insurance Institute of Israel ("Bituah Leumi"): Sderot ha-Atzmaut 64 Tel. *6050, 12226050 Israeli Employment Service ("Lishkat Taasuka"): ha-Tamarim 17 Tel. 08-6879553 Israel Ministry of Construction and Housing: Tel. 08-6263617, 08-9399111 Kiryat Gat The distance (in straight line): to Jerusalem -  45 km to Tel Aviv -  53 km to Haifa -  136 km to Beer Sheva -  39 km