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16 poignant images from Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem
Photographers explore how three elements – nature, man and steel – are bonded together on a scenic hilltop where a key Six-Day War battle was fought.
During the Six-Day War in June 1967, 36 Israeli soldiers and 71 Jordanian soldiers fell in a fierce and pivotal battle on Ammunition Hill in northern Jerusalem.
The hill was preserved as a national heritage center and memorial site. Each year it hosts thousands of visitors.
During the pandemic, however, the site lay dormant. And something amazing happened.
“Nature, uninterrupted by tens of thousands of feet for 10 months, rose up like a waking giant and reconquered the hill,” says Alon Wald, director of operations at Ammunition Hill.