Latrun
Vanished settlement · Israel
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 31.833, 35.024
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Latrun is a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient in the Ayalon Valley. It overlooks the road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, 25 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of Ramla. It was the site of fierce fighting during the 1948 war. During the period of 1949–1967, it was occupied by Jordan at the edge of a no man's land between the armistice lines. In the 1967 war it was captured by Israel and had been under Israeli control since then.