Har Adar, Israel
Hi,
We spent that weekend in my parents house in Har Adar, with snow 
You know this place, you have spent couple of days here in your last visit to Israel. And nathan had probably show you the wonderful views from the memorial on top of the mountain =)
Therefore, there was no point of sending you pictures of it. But now I do have….
Snow! It is the first time I have been to the Har Adar when it is snowing. Ima and Aba moved to Har Adar about two years ago, and somehow those have been very hard winters: Last winter had a blizzard that lasted for 3 days and paralyzed Jerusalem and its surroundings for another week. This winter had already had 2 snow blizzards. I couldn’t have miss the third one 😉
Take Care
Gad
The memorial of Harel Brigade
The sign:
“The ‘Rader Hill’ is 880 m high and has a panoramic view of half of Israel.
In WWI, the mountain was conquered by a British unit commanded by General Alenbi after an hard fight
In WWII the British built a Radar to find and locate the German-Italian aircrafts. The name Har-Adar come from that Radar.
In the Independence War there was a battle between the British unit that set here and the armored vehicles of the Palmach, that was on its way to rescue another force from the battle of Nabi-Samwil. The Israeli soldiers that were injured in this battle were given by the British to the Arab forces that murdered them.
Two weeks later, the British gave the place to the Arab forces. In May 13th it was captured by Harel unit of the Palmach and was hold by Hish from Jerusalem.
In 19th of May the post fell to the hands of the Jordanian Legion. Two attempts by the Palmach to retake it failed.
Between 1948-1967 the mountain was in the hands of the Jordanian Legion, that fortified it against attacks. In the 6 days War, the post was taken the Radar hill post by a the Armored unit of Harel.”
The memorial of Harel Brigade from below
The legs of the memorial with the symbol of Harel Brigade
Looking East – from Ramallah, On the North (left) to the South of Jerusalem (right).
Looking North-East – Ramallah, North of Jerusalem.
Looking East –Nabi Samwil, The Grave of the prophet Samuel, North of Jerusalem.
Looking East French Hill, neighborhood, On the North of Jerusalem.
Looking East – The Main Entrance to Jerusalem (The road below is the security fence between Israel and the PA)
Looking South-East – The Castel neighborhood of Mevaseret_Zion and behind it, the Hadassa Ein Kerem Hospital.
Looking West over the coastal area
Looking west: Near is Modi’in-Maccabim-Re’ut and behind it is Tel Aviv and the Mediterranean Sea.
Looking South-West: To Kfira creek you can see where the snow starts on the slopes of the mountains
Old Tanks and APC of from different times of Harel Brigade covered with snow
The sign says: “Nabi Samwil battle
The fourth battalion of the Palmach (What will be in the future Harel Brigade)
was sent on the night of 22-23 of April 1947 on foot from the ‘Castel’, via Seih Abed El-Aziz to take over the village and ridge of Nabi-Samwil.
The first target, Beit-Iksa village, was attacked and conquered after several counter attacks in 02:00
This fight made all the forces around the village into alert.
The force that was supposed to attack Nabi-Samwil got there only after the sun rise, and attacked with day light. The attack failed, and many soldiers were injured and killed. Among them the commander of the force.
A force of 4 armored vehicles to rescue the above force, got out of Ma’ale Ha’Hamisha on the way that goes via the Radar Post and Bido village, and was stopped by an Arab force with British help from the Radar post. It retreated back to Ma’ale Ha’Hamisha.
38 Soldiers were killed that day (23 on Nabi Samuel and 15 more from the rescue team), and 40 were injuried.
The Armored Vehicles from below
Another sign with a map of the battle of Nabi Samwil (Nabi Samwil is hidden behind the tree).
The fighting ditches of the Jordanian Legion.
A Sherman Tank of the Harel Armored Brigade from 6 Days War.
An M3 Half track of the Harel Armored Brigade from 6 Days War.
An Armored Vehicle and a Jeep of the Harel Armored Brigade from Independence War.
“The Armored Harel Brigade in 6 Days War and After it
The reserve Brigade 10, Harel-Armor, took part in the battles of 6 Days War in the central area of Israel:
In 5th of June 1967 the Brigade helped to conquer north of Jerusalem in 4 main ways…
…After that the Brigade split and moved in North and East directions. One of its Battalions moved to the Golan Heights.
In Yum Kipur War the Brigade took part in battles in Sinai Peninsula against the Egypt Army, crossed the Suez Canal Up to 101 KM form Cairo.
In Lebanon War The Brigade defended the Northern border of Israel.”
The names of the soldiers that died fighting on The Radar Hill.
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