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Israel National Trail

From Dan to Kfar Giladi 17.7.09

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  The starting point of the Israel National Trail, at Dan, near the Lebanese border in the far north of the country
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  Tel Dan - Excavation and reconstruction of the Eastern Bronze Age gate
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  Crossing one of the many water obstacles
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  A huge common fig
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  The Hasbani River (Hebrew: נחל שניר‎, Nahal Snir), also known as Snir Stream within Israel, is a tributary of the Jordan river. The Hasbani River derives most of its discharge from two springs in Lebanon the Wazzani and the Haqzbieh
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  Trout in the Dan River
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  Getting out of the Tel Dan nature reserve
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  In Ma'ayan Barukh - the Museum of Prehistory of the Hulah Valley, which holds a collection of prehistoric artifacts found in the Hula Valley area by Amnon Assaf.
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  The complete outer layer of the snake's skin is shed in one layer.

On August 6, 2006, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, twelve reserve IDF soldiers were killed after being hit by a katyusha rocket launched by Hezbollah from Southern Lebanon. The group of artillery gunners were gathering on the kibbutz in preparation for action in the conflict.

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Joseph Trumpeldor's memorial in Tel Hai - after his death, Trumpeldor became a symbol of Jewish self-defence, and his memorial day on the 11th day of Adar is officially noted in Israel every year. His reputed last words, "Never mind, it is good to die for our country" (אין דבר, טוב למות בעד ארצנו), became famous in the pre-state Zionist movement and in Israel of the 1950s and 1960s.

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