Mitzpe GadotGadot Overlook: Off Highway 91 and 1.5 kilometers northeast of the Daughters of Jacob Bridge. For 19 years following the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Syrian troops stationed in the Golan Heights fired relentlessly on the settlers below. Life was a living hell for members of the kibbutzim for farmers plowed their fields from behind tanks and children played, studied and slept inside shelters. Until Israel captured the Heights in the Six Day War more than 400 shooting incidents occurred. On one black day, over a thousand shells were fired at Kibbutz Gadot alone.
One former Syrian base is now called Mitzpe Gadot. The site of particularly harsh battles, it now hosts a central memorial for soldiers of the 33rd Battalion who lost their lives taking this site and the adjacent position in '67. Also remembered are those from the same battalion who were killed here during the Yom Kippur War and in the Lebanon campaign in 1982. The overlook and memorial site is a lovely, tranquil spot sporting wildflowers, butterflies and lizards sunning themselves on the rocks. From a bench shaded by eucalyptus trees you can look down from the heights to see the eastern Hula Valley spread out directly below and with it the fields of Kibbutz Gadot. Try to sense the immensity of the Syrian's strategic advantage on this hill, and imagine spending night after night in underground shelters, or tilling your fields constantly accompanied by tanks. Listen to an audio guide for more information on the area and its history.

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