Biranit
Biranit (Hebrew: בירנית, lit. small fortress) is a military camp and former kibbutz in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon.[1] It is the headquarters of the Galilee Division of the Israel Defense Forces, and is located around a kilometre from the Lebanese border between Sasa and Netu'a.
History[]
It is located on the land of the Palestinian village of Al-Mansura, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.[2]
Biranit was planned as the hub of a group of settlements established by the Central Galilee Development Project in the 1960s.[1] In December 1964 a Nahal group affiliated with Ha-Kibbutz HaMeuhad settled there.[1] Its first tasks were land reclamation, afforestation, and restoration of ancient woodlands, planting of fruit orchards, road building, and other development work.[1][3][4] Over time the settlement was abandoned, and it became a military camp.[1]
In the 1970s a number of Katyusha rockets were fired at Biranit from Lebanese territory.[5] On July 14, 2006, the base was hit by Katyusha rockets fired by Hezbollah during the 2006 Lebanon War.
Notable residents[]
- Andre Spitzer (1945–1972), Israeli Olympic fencing coach killed in the Munich Massacre[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Biranit"
- ^ Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, p. 24, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- ^ Israel Government Year Book - Israel. Merkaz ha-hasbarah
- ^ ישראל שנתון הממשלה -
- ^ "Terrorist Base Shelled" | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- ^ Munich Memoir - Dan Alon, Carla Stockton
Coordinates: 33°03′29″N 35°20′33″E / 33.05806°N 35.34250°E
- Military installations of Israel
- Nahal settlements
- Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council
- Buildings and structures in Northern District (Israel)