Auja al-Hafir (Arabic: عوجة الحفير, also Auja) was an ancient road junction close to water wells in the western Negev and eastern Sinai. It was the traditional...

Auja may refer to: Auja al-Hafir, an ancient road junction in the Negev Desert on the border of modern Israel and Egypt Al-Awja, a village near Tikrit...

The Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway took place on 23 May 1917 after the Second Battle of Gaza and before the Battle of Beersheba during...

launching units at (north to south): Bir 'Asluj, al Mushrife and 'Auja. 'Auja, also known as 'Auja al-Hafir, was an administrative center built by the Ottoman...

On October 28, 1955, after a border incident with Egypt around the Auja al-Hafir demilitarized zone, Golani was tasked with leading Operation Volcano...

is strategically important. Located approximately 25 kilometres from Auja al-Hafir, and 45 kilometres southeast of El Arish, it was the site of major battles...

gone to settle in Auja al-Hafir and had been living there for more than two years. The Bedouin made representation to return to el-Auja under United Nations...

city. It also gives its name to the Nitzana Border Crossing, formerly Auja al-Hafir. It was the site of Operation Volcano in 1955, an Israeli raid against...

number of Palestinian leaders and sent them to a detention camp at Auja al-Hafir in the Negev desert. The Battle of Nur Shams on 21 June marked an escalation...

parentheses) Auja al-Hafir (Nessana) Beersheba al-Imara (Ofakim, Urim) al-Jammama (Ruhama) al-Khalasa Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat) Khirbat Futais (Al-Qadirat clan...

political positions. He died in 1995 in Arish. He was born in 1923 in Auja al-Hafir, Beersheba Subdistrict, Palestine. He completed his high school education...

close to the newly agreed border with Sinai al-Mulayha, created in 1908 as a midway point between Hafir and Aqaba Beersheba (Ottoman Turkish: بلدية بءرالسبع;...

Jordan Valley al-Jiftlik (depopulated but soon repopulated) Agarith Huseirat Jerusalem area Nabi Samwil In the Negev/Sinai Desert Auja al-Hafir – A demilitarized...

a modern-day village near the ruins Auja al-Hafir Negev, Avraham; Gibson, Shimon (2001). "Nessana; Auja el-Hafir". Archaeological Encyclopedia of the...

including al-Burj, Bir Ma‘in (near present-day Modi‘in), Tall al-Safi, Zakariyya (in the Elah Valley), Abu Shusha and al-Qubab (southeast of Ramle), al-Khayriyya...

assault.' 'All That Remains' lists 20 towns and villages e.g. pages 83/82. Al-Batani al-Gharbi (pop. 980) 'By the end of May the two brigades had succeeded in...

25, 1953. Egypt and Israel signed a General Armistice Agreement at Auja al-Hafir, a town on the border between the two nations. The Agreement defined...

In Operation Horev, the Israelis went on to capture Bir 'Asluj and Auja al-Hafir, cutting off the eastern wing of the Egyptian expeditionary force, before...

Messudshi–Tulkarem–Ludd (1915), Wadi Sarrar–Et-Tine–Beersheba, Beersheba–Hafir (1915), Et-Tine–Gaza (1916), and Deir el-Balah–Beersheba (1916). Ottoman...

force split off from Beersheba to link up with more Egyptian forces at Auja al-Hafir, on May 19 the main column attacked Yad Mordechai, and on May 20, the...

attending a meeting of the Egypt-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission at Auja al-Hafir. The Austrian Government announced the establishment of diplomatic relations...

their principal desert base at Hafir El Auja, located on the Ottoman side of the Egyptian-Ottoman frontier. Hafir el Auja was linked to Beersheba, Gaza...

tax records of 1525-1526 and 1538–1539, as being located in the Sanjak of Al-Quds. According to archaeological work, the village originated in the late...

Elyakum Shapirra performing for Israeli soldiers at Auja al-Hafir during Operation Horev, December 1948....

February – Egypt and Israel signed a General Armistice Agreement at Auja al-Hafir, a town on the border between the two nations; the Agreement defines...

that freedom of movement must be afforded to UN observers in the area. Auja al-Hafir List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 101 to 200 (1953–1965)...

second attempt on 21 and 22 December 1917 to advance across the Nahr el Auja, as the Battle of Jaffa, although Jaffa had been occupied as a consequence...

number of Palestinian leaders and sends them to a detention camp at Auja al-Hafir in the Negev desert. 21 June - The Battle of Nur Shams marks an escalation...

bridgehead north of the Nahr-el-Auja. Also, the Royal Engineers had established a bridging school on the Nahr-al-Auja much earlier in the year, so the...

indecisive action against German Navy and zeppelin Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway 23 May Australian and New Zealand forces raid and destroy Ottoman...