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5 unusual facts about Bnot Ya'akov Bridge


Bnot Ya'akov Bridge

When Humphrey II of Toron was besieged in the city of Baniyas in 1157, King Baldwin III of Jerusalem was able to break the siege, only to be ambushed at Jacob's Ford in June of that year.

The Syrians captured the bridge on June 11, 1948, during the 1948 Palestine war, but later withdrew as a result of the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and Syria.

On the "night of the bridges" between 16 and 17 June 1946, the bridge was again destroyed by the Haganah.

Jacob's Ford was a key river crossing point and major trade route between Acre and Damascus.

Homo erectus

A site at Bnot Ya'akov Bridge, Israel, has been claimed to show that H. erectus or H. ergaster made fires between 790,000 and 690,000 BP.



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