Latrun (Hebrew: לטרון, Latrun; Arabic: اللطرون, al-Latrun) is a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient in the Ayalon Valley. It overlooks the road between...
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Battles of Latrun were a series of military engagements between the Israel Defense Forces and the Jordanian Arab Legion on the outskirts of Latrun between...
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1948 Arab–Israeli War (section Battles of Latrun)
around Jerusalem's old city and at Latrun (15 May–18 July)." Hect, Aaron (8 September 2009). "Latrun - The Battle for Latrun". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 21...
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Yad La-Shiryon (redirect from Latrun tank museum)
Yad La-Shiryon (officially: The Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum at Latrun; Hebrew: יד לשריון) is Israel's official memorial site for fallen soldiers...
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extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Latrun salient is an area of the West Bank that protrudes into Israeli territory...
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No man's land in the Latrun area (NML) was a strip of territory covering 46.4 square kilometres (17.9 sq mi), in the area of Latrun. Israel considers the...
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Latrun Interchange is a key road interchange of Israel, located in the Latrun Salient in the Israeli occupied West Bank. It lies on the route between...
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Arab state, not entering the corpus separatum but massively garrisoning Latrun to blockade West Jerusalem once again. Israeli victories against the Arab...
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kilometers. Israel, however, omits the area known as No Man's Land (50 km2 near Latrun), post-1967 East Jerusalem (71 km2), and the territorial waters of the Dead...
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He participated in planning Operations Bin Nun Bet and Yoram against the Latrun fort, held by the Arab Legion, which blocked the road from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem...
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Operation Dani (section Latrun)
Aviv to a southern bypass. The second phase was to capture the fort at Latrun and break through Ramallah. The operation was carried out under Palmach...
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Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, fought in the Battles of Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He retired from the Israel Defence Forces...
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Battles of Latrun in 1948 72nd Battalion, participated in the Battles of Latrun in 1948 73rd Battalion, participated in the Battles of Latrun in 1948 79th...
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military base; abandoned. Kiriat Haim police station in Haifa (active) Latrun police station, now the IDF's Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum Lajjun...
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Arab–Israeli War, when he successfully defended the town of Latrun at the crucial Battle of Latrun near Jerusalem against Israeli forces, Israeli forces was...
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national park, the Yad La-Shiryon (Armored Corps Museum), Mini Israel, the Latrun Monastery and Emmaus Nicopolis, an archeological site commonly identified...
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Day. The main museum for Israel's armoured corps is the Yad La-Shiryon in Latrun, which houses one of the largest tank museums in the world. Other significant...
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Uzi Narkiss made proposals for military action, including the capture of Latrun, but the cabinet turned him down. Dayan rejected multiple requests from...
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the Latrun sector, killing 23 Israeli soldiers, precipitated the debate. On 26 September, Ben-Gurion put his argument to the Cabinet to attack Latrun again...
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headquarters, and Tegart Fort, a fortified police station (today the location of Latrun). One relatively complex operation was the takeover of the radio station...
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of Paul Ernst Fackenheim, states that during Fackenheim's captivity in Latrun, where the British also kept Nazi-sympathizer General Fazlollah Zahedi,...
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in Yarze, Lebanon. There is an FV 601 Saladin in Yad la-Shiryon museum, Latrun. There is an Alvis Saladin at Sri Lanka Armoured Corps Training Centre,...
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Mini Israel (Hebrew: מיני ישראל) is a miniature park located near Latrun, Israel in the Ayalon Valley. Opened in November 2002, the site contains miniature...
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understanding between the two peoples. The village is located on one of the two Latrun hilltops overlooking the Ayalon Valley, and lies midway between Tel Aviv...
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the Walls of Jerusalem and Musrara. A strip of land north and south of Latrun was also known as "no man's land" because it was not controlled by either...
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of Ashkelon, running east-northeast, passing through Kiryat Malakhi and Latrun, and ending just short of Modi'in. The Israeli Ministry of Transportation...
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Magach 6B in the Yad La-Shiryon Armored Corps Memorial and Museum, Latrun...
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of January 1, 2019, the museum is closed while it's being relocated to Latrun and is expected to reopen in 2021. The museum grounds were vacated by the...
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ridge settlements outside barrier Right: Jordan Valley L above center: Latrun salient Center: Jerusalem envelope, Ma'ale Adumim at right Lower L of center:...
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