Battle of Ammunition Hill

Ammunition Hill
Battle of Ammunition Hill
	Part of Six-Day War
	; Trenches on Ammunition Hill, 1967, with the apartment buildings of the Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood in the background
Date	June 6, 1967
Location	31°47′58″N 35°13′41″E / 31.79944°N 35.22806°E; Ammunition Hill, the western slope of Mount Scopus
Result	Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel	Jordan
Commanders and leaders
Mordechai Gur; Shlomo Yossi Yafe; Uzi Narkis	Hussein bin Talal; Zaid ibn Shaker
Strength
Reinforced company	About 150 soldiers
Casualties and losses
36 killed	71 killed

Ammunition Hill (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת הַתַּחְמֹשֶׁת, Giv'at HaTahmoshet; Arabic: تلة الذخيرة) was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slope of Mount Scopus. It was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War.^[1] Ammunition Hill is now a national memorial site.^[2]

^ Fendel, Hillel (16 May 2007). "Jerusalem Day: Remembering the Critical Ammunition Hill Battle". Israel National News. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
^ The Mysteries of Jerusalem, Ammunition Hill Museum, 2007, Jerusalem, p.120-121

[news-1] Fendel, Hillel (16 May 2007). "Jerusalem Day: Remembering the Critical Ammunition Hill Battle". Israel National News. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

[2] The Mysteries of Jerusalem, Ammunition Hill Museum, 2007, Jerusalem, p.120-121

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