 Maoz Haim was built on what was the traditional village land of Al-Ghazzawiyya.The kibbutz was established in 1937 by immigrants from Poland and Germany and was named after Haim Shturman, a member of the Hagana, who was killed there in 1938.cn

Maoz Haim was established on what was traditionally land belonging to the Palestinian village of Al-Ghazzawiyya.South of the kibbutz is a small (11 dunam) nature reserve of Balanites aegyptiaca trees, called the Hurshat Zakum (Maoz Haim) reserve, declared in 1968.