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Latrun

Latrun (, Latrun; , al-Latrun) is a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient in the Ayalon Valley. It overlooks the road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, 25 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of Ramla. It was the site of fierce fighting during the 1948 war. During the period of 1949–1967, it was occupied by Jordan at the edge of a no man's land between the armistice lines. In the 1967 war it was captured by Israel and had been under Israeli control since then.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Latrun
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Latrun-Monastery.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250
Settlement.image_caption: Trappist Monastery
Settlement.etymology: from Latronis
Settlement.pushpin_map: Israel#Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Location of Latrun
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 148/137
Settlement.subdivision_type: Administered by
Settlement.subdivision_name: Israel
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Claimed by
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Israel and Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Israeli district
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Jerusalem
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Palestinian governorate

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Etymology
History
In the Hebrew Bible
Hellenistic period
Crusader period
Ottoman period
Village
Trappist monastery
British Mandate
1948 and 1967 Arab–Israeli Wars
Since the Six-Day War
References
Bibliography
External links

The hilltop includes the Latrun Abbey, Mini Israel (a park with scale models of historic buildings around Israel), The International Center for the Study of Bird Migration (ICSBM), the Yad La-Shiryon memorial to armored corps soldiers killed in action, and military tank museum. Neve Shalom (Oasis of Peace) is a joint Israeli-Palestinian community on a hilltop south of Latrun. Canada Park is nearby to the east.