Biranit

Biranit

Biranit ( _he. בירנית, lit. "Fortress") is a military base in northern Israel. 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.

The site was originally planned to become a village centre as part of Operation Sof Sof to increase Jewish presence in the Galilee in the 1960s. In 1964 a Nahal settlement was established in the area. It was civilianised in 1967, but did not become a village.

On 14 July 2006 the base was hit by Katyusha rockets fired by Hezbollah during the 2006 Lebanon War.


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