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Discover Giv'at Rahel in Egypt

Giv'at Rahel in the region of Ad Daqahlīyah is a town located in Egypt - some 198 mi or ( 319 km ) East of Cairo , the country's capital .

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Local time in Giv'at Rahel is now 10:17 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Damascus, Amman, Tyre, Beirut, and Gaza. When in this area, you might want to check out Damascus . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Giv'at Rahel ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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The Israeli Family Project - WWW.IL-FAMILY.COM

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The Israeli Family Project The Israeli Story that you never heard Our story begins in the summer of 2002. It is this summer that we moved from the big city in the center of Israel to a small village i ..

Ницана - Рамат Рут (Центральный Негев), Израиль.

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Велопоход. 29.02.2008 Mountain bike trail. Israel. Велопоходы по Израилю. Иудейская пустыня. Фотографии и описание маршрута: www.is-israel.com ..


The Israel Project in the Desert.mov

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The Israel Project 2009 took place last July and it was a great hit. It was an action packed young adult's trip to Israel, a journey of discovery of what God has to say about the Jewish People and His ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Battle of 'Auja

The Battle of 'Auja, also called Battle of Nitzana, was a military engagement between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army in and around 'Auja, a small village on the Egypt–Israel border. It was fought on December 26–27, 1948, as part of Operation Horev, an Israeli campaign meant to expel all Egyptian forces from the country. The first stage of the operation was the simultaneous capture of 18 Egyptian positions on the Beersheba–'Auja road, including 7 around 'Auja.

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Located at 30.89 34.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Nitzana (Nabataean city)

Nitzana is an ancient Nabataean city located in the southwest Negev desert in Israel close to the Egyptian border. It may have been a camel caravan station on the eastern branch of the ancient Incense Route, serving pilgrims and merchants travelling to Sinai or central Egypt.

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Located at 30.88 34.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Israel, Former populated places in Southwest Asia, Nabataean sites in Israel, National parks of Israel, Ramat Negev Regional Council

Kmehin

Kmehin is a secular moshav in the western Negev desert in Israel. Located near Nitzana, it is named for the truffles that grow in the area. The moshav was founded in 1988 and is part of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. It is home to around 30 families. The moshav's main produce is cherry tomatoes, flowers, spices and peppers.

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Located at 30.90 34.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Moshavim

Ktzi'ot Prison

Ktzi'ot Prison is an Israeli detention facility located in the Haluza sand dunes region. It is Israel's largest detention facility in terms of land area, encompassing 400,000 square metres . During the First Intifada, Ktzi'ot was the location of the largest detention camp run by the Israeli army. It held three quarters of all Palestinians held by the army, and over half of all Palestinians detained in Israel.

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Located at 30.89 34.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Human rights in Israel, Palestinian prisoners and detainees, Prisons in Israel

Nitzana Border Crossing

The Nitzana Border Crossing is an international border crossing between El Ouga, Egypt and Nitzana, Israel. Opened in 1982, the crossing used to handle pedestrians as well as private cars but most of the crossing was being done via the Taba Border Crossing in Eilat and the Rafah Border Crossing in Rafah that the Israelis decided to shut down the crossing to tourists. There is talk of possibly reopening the crossing to tourists now that the Rafah crossing is no longer in Israeli control.

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Located at 30.88 34.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Egypt–Israel border crossings

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