Battle of Ammunition Hill
Ammunition Hill (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת הַתַּחְמֹשֶׁת, Giv'at HaTahmoshet; Arabic: تلة الذخيرة) was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slope of Mount Scopus. It was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War. Ammunition Hill is now a national memorial site.
| Battle of Ammunition Hill | |||||||
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| Part of Six-Day War | |||||||
Trenches on Ammunition Hill, 1967, with the apartment buildings of the Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood in the background | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Israel | Jordan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mordechai Gur Shlomo Yossi Yafe Uzi Narkis |
Hussein bin Talal Zaid ibn Shaker | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Reinforced company | About 150 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 36 killed | 71 killed | ||||||
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