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.

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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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Country: Mandatory Palestine
Elevation: 398
Image: Latrun-Monastery.jpg

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Article · Italiano

Latrun (in arabo: ﺍﻟﻠﻄﺮﻭﻥ‎, al-Laṭrūn, ebraico לטרון) è un centro urbano collinare di grande importanza strategica, dal momento che si erge sulla e che domina la strada che conduce a Gerusalemme.È situata a 25 chilometri a ovest di Gerusalemme e a 14 chilometri a SE di Ramla.

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