Fatima Gate

Fatima Gate

Fatima Gate is a former border crossing between Lebanon and Israel. On the Lebanese side, it is close to the village of Kfar Kila [cite web
url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20060819-1234-mideast-embattledsouth.html
title=South Lebanon has seen violence for nearly 40 years
location=Fatima Gate, Lebanon
last=Frayer
first=Lauren
publisher=ASSOCIATED PRESS
date=19 August 2006
accessdate=5 October
accessyear=2006] and on the Israeli side, it is west of Metulla. The crossing has been closed since the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon at the end of the 1982-2000 South Lebanon conflict, and since the summer of 2000 has been the site of many anti-Israeli demonstrations and cross-border stone throwing. [ [http://www.un.org/depts/DPKO/Missions/unifil/n0121809.pdf#search=%22fatima%20gate%22 Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon] ]

References

External links

* [http://geosite.jankrogh.com/borders/lebanon.htm Jan S. Krogh's Geosite: Israeli-Lebanese border with photos from the Fatima Gate]


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