- Ad Halom
Ad Halom ( _he. עד הלום) is an area around the eastern entrance to the city of
Ashdod ,Israel .The battle
Ad Halom means 'until here' in Hebrew, referring to the northernmost point in
Gaza whereto the Egyptian army advanced in the1948 Arab-Israeli War .Israel had on may 29th dispatched fourAvia S-199 airplanes - one of them piloted byEzer Weizman - attacking the Egyptians between the then Arab village ofIsdud and the bridge over theLachish River . TheGivati brigade blew up the bridge and defended the river bank from apillbox . The Egyptian forces were later defeated inOperation Yoav .The pillbox and defensive wall remain as memorials of the events.
The monument
As part of
Camp David Accords betweenIsrael andEgypt a monument in the memory of the fallen Egyptian soldiers was established. It was compensation for the abandonment of Israeli obelisks in theSinai peninsula . The inscriptions on the four edges are inHebrew ,Arabic , English and hieroglyphs.The bridge
The Ad Halom Bridge was built in the beginning of the 19th century by Turkish governors above the
Lachish River . After its destruction in the Independence War, the bridge was reconstructed and upgraded. Today the four-lane Highway 4 crosses the bridge.The railway station
The
Israel Railways started to operate a passenger line toAshdod in the mid 1990's.The new railway station was established in 2004. In 2005 the line was extended to
Ashkelon .The short distance between the railway and poor planning of the Ad Halom junction on Highway 4 cause traffic jams. A new traffic interchange, intended to solve the problem, is under construction as of 2007.
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