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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The Latrun salient is an area of the West Bank that protrudes into Israeli territory. It is surrounded by a strip of territory covering 46.4 square kilometres...
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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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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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1948 Arab–Israeli War (section Battles of Latrun)
the Latrun fortress overlooking the main highway to Jerusalem, which the Arab Legion immediately seized. The Arab Legion also occupied the Latrun Monastery...
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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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Operation Danny (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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