Hebron (Arabic: الخليل al-Khalīl or الخليل الرحمن al-Khalīl al-Raḥmān; Hebrew: חֶבְרוֹן Ḥevrōn) is a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Jerusalem.Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies 930 metres (3,050 ft) above sea level.The second-largest city in the West Bank (after East Jerusalem), and the third-largest in the ...

Mount Shasta is located at 41°18'52" North, 122°18'41" West (41.314542, -122.311510), along Interstate 5 south of Weed and north of Dunsmuir, California. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2), of which 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2) is land and only 0.10% of it is covered by water.. The area hydrology consists of an …

Mount Gretna is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is part of the Lebanon, PA, Metropolitan Statistical Area.The population was 188 at the 2020 census. It was founded by the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Society, which was attracted by the area's natural landscape and beauty, by the 1890s.. It is a popular destination in the summer, for it has a …

An adjacent city was built by the Samaritans during the 3rd century BCE, and became the center for the Samaritan population. Religious rivalry between Samaritans and Jews led to Mount Gerizim being destroyed by the latter in 112-111 BCE, on orders of John Hyrcanus. The date of the Samaritan temple destruction, the 21st of Kislev, became a holiday for the Jews during …

Name of Edom in the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew word Edom means "red", and the Hebrew Bible relates it to the name of its founder, Esau, the elder son of the Hebrew patriarch Isaac, because he was born "red all over". As a young adult, he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a portion of "red pottage". The Tanakh describes the Edomites as descendants of Esau.

Masada (Hebrew: מְצָדָה məṣādā, "fortress") is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa.It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 mi) east of Arad.. Herod the Great built two palaces for himself on the mountain and fortified Masada between 37 and 31 BCE.

The Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, also known as the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre or the Hebron massacre, was a shooting massacre carried out by Baruch Goldstein, an American-Israeli extremist and member of the far-right Kach movement. On 25 February 1994, ...

The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מִלְחֶמֶת שֵׁשֶׁת הַיָּמִים, Miḥemet Šešet HaYamim; Arabic: النكسة, an-Naksah, lit. 'The Setback' or حرب 1967, Harb 1967, 'War of 1967') or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June ...

The Hadassah Medical Organization operated an infirmary in Hebron. The Beit Hadassah clinic had three floors with the infirmary, the pharmacy and the synagogue on the top floor. Free care was provided to Jews and Arabs. The building dates back to 1893 and was originally called the Chesed L'Avraham clinic. In 1929 it was the site of some of the worst of the Hebron massacre.

Meanwhile, on the Hebron to Bethlehem road south of Jerusalem, the 53rd (Welsh) Division (known as Mott's Detachment) had continued their tentative advance to arrive 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Hebron on 4 December. ... although Ottoman Army units briefly held the Mount of Olives on 9 December. They were overwhelmed by the 60th (2/2nd London ...