Ashkelon or Ashqelon (/ˈæʃkəlɒn/ ASH-kə-lon; Hebrew: אַשְׁקְלוֹן, romanized: ʾAšqəlōn, IPA: [ʔaʃkeˈlon] ; Arabic: عَسْقَلَان, romanized: ʿAsqalān) is a...
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Ascalon (redirect from Tel Ashkelon)
fortifications emerging in the Middle Bronze Age. During the Late Bronze Age, Ashkelon was integrated into the Egyptian Empire, before becoming one of the five...
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Trans-Israel pipeline (redirect from Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline)
Trans-Israel pipeline (Hebrew: קו צינור אילת אשקלון), also Tipline, Eilat–Ashkelon Pipeline, or Europe–Asia Pipeline is an oil pipeline in Israel extending...
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The Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company (Hebrew: חברת קו צינור אילת אשקלון בע"מ (קצא”א), also known as the Europe Asia Pipeline Company and by the acronym...
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31°39′57″N 34°33′59″E / 31.6658°N 34.5664°E / 31.6658; 34.5664The Ashkelon Subdistrict is the northern of the two sub-districts in Israel's Southern...
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Ashot Ashkelon Industries Ltd (TASE: ASHO) is an Israeli manufacturer of build to print products such as: gears, transmissions and gearboxes to the Aerospace...
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Ashkelon may refer to: Ashkelon, a coastal city in the South District of Israel Ascalon, the ancient city of Ashkelon, destroyed in 1270, and now an archaeological...
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approximately 100 m off the coast of Ashkelon, Israel at a depth of around 3–4 m in the Mediterranean Sea. The city of Ashkelon was once a bustling trade port;...
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The Ashkelon rocket attacks were a series of rocket attacks from Gaza initiated by the ISIL affiliate Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade in 2015. After the first...
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Babylonians. Historical sources suggest that Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed Ashkelon and Ekron due to the Philistines' rebellion, leading to the exile of many...
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Battle of Ascalon (redirect from Battle of Ashkelon)
The Battle of Ascalon took place on 12 August 1099 shortly after the capture of Jerusalem, and is often considered the last action of the First Crusade...
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Elitzur Ashkelon (Hebrew: אליצור אשקלון) was a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in south-west Israel. The team reached the quarterfinals...
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The Letter of the Karaite elders of Ascalon (c. 1100) was a communication written by six elders of the Karaite Jewish community of Ascalon and sent to...
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PIJ fired rockets targeting five locations in southern Israel, including Ashkelon, Nir Am, and Sderot while the Mujahideen Brigades fired rockets at what...
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Barzilai Medical Center (redirect from Ashkelon Hospital)
Arabic: مركز برزيلاي الطبي) is a 600-bed district general hospital in Ashkelon, Israel opened in 1961. The hospital serves a population of 500,000, including...
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Arab Gas Pipeline (redirect from El Arish-Ashkelon pipeline)
with Iraq's gas grid to allow Iraq to export gas to Europe. The Arish–Ashkelon pipeline is a 90-kilometre (56 mi) long submarine gas pipeline with a diameter...
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Ashkelon Beersheba Eilat Gedera Kiryat Gat Kiryat Malakhi Netivot Sderot Ofakim Yavne Tel Aviv Jerusalem Regional Council areas affected Hof Ashkelon...
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Aviv 474,530 12 Beit Shemesh Jerusalem 154,694 3 Haifa Haifa 290,306 13 Ashkelon Southern 153,138 4 Rishon LeZion Central 260,453 14 Rehovot Central 150...
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The Ashkelon Sport Arena (Hebrew: היכל הספורט העירוני אשקלון) is an indoor sporting arena located in Ashkelon, Israel. The arena opened in 1999 and is...
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sophisticated rockets began to be deployed, reaching the larger coastal city of Ashkelon, and by early 2009 major cities Ashdod and Beersheba had been hit by Katyusha...
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cities or pentapolis in the Southwest Levant, made up of principally Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath, and for a time, Jaffa (present-day part of Tel...
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Dome system near Ashkelon following days of heightened rocket fire from Gaza into Israel. The deployment came a day after Ashkelon mayor Benny Vaknin...
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or 1963, to parents who were expelled or fled from Al-Jura (now part of Ashkelon) during the 1948 Palestine war. He earned a bachelor's degree in Arabic...
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Israelis in Ashkelon run for shelter following a missile alert during Operation Protective Edge...
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invade and occupy Israeli towns, cities, and kibbutzim, including attacking Ashkelon by sea and reaching Kiryat Gat, 20 miles into Israel. The scale of weapons...
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The Ashkelon dog cemetery is an ancient burial site in today's Ashkelon National Park, Israel, where possibly thousands of dogs were interred between...
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the Eshkol Regional Council, and the other hit the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council, south of Ashkelon. Later, Palestinians fired an additional rocket into...
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Austronesia Pontian boat Butuan boats Black Sea Sinop D Marsala Greek: Ashkelon Kyrenia Leontophoros Syracusia Phoenician: Gozo Bajo de la Campana Punic:...
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distortion of Ashkelon (Asqalan). In the Mishnah at the beginning of the Gitin tractate it is written "... and Ashkelon as the south". Ashkelon is the southern...
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Meir Kahana is an Av Beit Din in the rabbinical court of Ashkelon. He serves as Chairman of the Rabbinical Judges Union and delivers Torah lectures at...
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