The Ministry of Defense's Mine and Ordnance Clearance Authority, which is currently celebrating its 13th anniversary, has completed clearing the area of the 'Ein Alamin' outpost in the Golan Heights, which was a closed military area for decades.
The 'Ein Alamin' outpost, which was abandoned by the Syrian army during the Six-Day War, is considered one of the largest outposts the Syrian army had in the Golan Heights.
The outpost covers 45 dunams and includes combat trenches, underground bunker complexes, and about 15 above-ground structures used by Syrian soldiers.
During the evacuation work, the Authority located over 600 different weapons, including: grenades, mortar shells of various sizes, RPGs, Kalashnikov rifles, and more.
The outpost will open during the weekdays of Sukkot to the general public and will allow visitors to get a glimpse into the Authority's activities, experience locating landmines, get an impression of a display of munitions that were located during the Authority's years of activity, and more.
Head of the Mine and Explosive Ordnance Clearance Authority at the Ministry of Defense, Shahar Bak: "Over 13 years of operation by the Mine and Explosive Ordnance Clearance Authority, over 45,000 dunams of mine and explosive ordnance fields have been cleared from Dan to Eilat in order to allow the general public to travel safely to the various tourist sites, expand agricultural areas, and enable the construction of tens of thousands of industrial and residential buildings. We invite the people of Israel to come to us during the upcoming Sukkot, get to know the mine clearance work up close, and enjoy for the first time in history a complex that was closed to the public for decades.".
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