Ammunition Hill and the Battle for Jerusalem1

Israel Today | by | Volume 26, Issue 3 | May – June 2020

One of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War was fought on Ammunition Hill (Givat HaTachmoshet) on the night of 6 June 1967, in the battle for Jerusalem. During the British Mandate, the hill was used to store ammunition, and so became known as Ammunition Hill.2

Securing the hill to the …

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