Hi,
Like the last times we came to visit Atzva brother in Hagoshrim, I used the morning to run. I already run to Ramim Ridge, to Tel Faher and to mount Hermon (this was really a hard one…)
This time I run to Egel Gate. The meaning is Calf gate, but don’t catch me on the word, It might be an old Aramic word. I didn’t really got to gate. It was not good if I have got there, because Egel gate is a gate in the border fence between Israel and Lebanon.
Back on the days IDF was sitting in Lebanon, this one of the two main gates to cross the border. The border was called the “Good Fence“, as it was not really a border, but a good fence between neighbors (that ones army is sitting on the other territory…)
An old Ottoman bridge over Ayon stream, on the way to Egel gate
The arch of the old Ottoman bridge, over an hundred years and it still stands
On both of the sides of the ancient bridge, two smaller concrete bridges were built.
Ayon stream flowing, although almost no rain has yet fall this year.
The concrete crossover, is left unused as the water run around it. If you wish to cross by foot, you can use the stones in the stream.
Egel hill which sits above Egel gate. Because of it topographic location the hill hosted an IDF post when the gate was active. Now its slopes are full of plums orchards.
The top of the hill is still covered with minefields left from back days.
Running between the plum trees below Egel hill
Egel Gate (Source: Amud Anan)
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