Fatima Gate, also known as the

Good Fence The Good Fence (, romanized: ''HaGader HaTova,'' , romanized: ''Alsiyaj Aljayid'') was a term that referred to Israel's mountainous 80-mile northern border with Lebanon during the period following the 1978 South Lebanon conflict (during Lebanese ...

Crossing, is a former border crossing between

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

and

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. On the Lebanese side, it is close to the village of

Kfar Kila KafarKila (, also, ''Kfarkila'', ''Kfarkela'', ''Kafarkela'') is a village in Southern Lebanon. Kafarkila name means "The village of the pasturage". History Al-Maqdisi (c. 945/946 – 991) noted that Kafr Kila (called ''Kafar Kila'') was "A p ...

and on the Israeli side, it is west of

Metula Metula ( he, מְטֻלָּה) is a town in the Northern District of Israel. Metula is located next to the northern border with Lebanon. In it had a population of . Metula is the northernmost town in Israel. History Bronze and Iron Age Metula ...

. The crossing has been closed since the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon at the end of the

1982-2000 South Lebanon conflict __NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab u ...

, and since the summer of 2000 has been the site of many anti-Israeli demonstrations and cross-border stone throwing from Lebanon to Israel.Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
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Jan S. Krogh's Geosite: Israeli-Lebanese border with photos from the Fatima Gate
Israeli–Lebanese conflict Hezbollah Israel–Lebanon border crossings {{Israel-geo-stub

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