Mount Hermonit (Hebrew: הר חרמונית, ''Har Hermonit''), also known as the little Hermon is the second highest mountain in the Golan Heights and an

inactive volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often fou ...

. Located above the sea level. This mountain contains evidence of the

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states led by Egypt and S ...

, including the remains of bunkers. There are scenic views of the

Mount Hermon Mount Hermon ( / ALA-LC: ('Mountain of the Sheikh', ), , ) is a mountain, mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Its summit straddles the Lebanon–Syria border, border between Syria and Lebanon a ...

Valley of Tears The Valley of Tears (, ''Emek HaBakha'') is the name given to an area in the Golan Heights after it became the site of a major battle in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, known as the Valley (or Vale) of Tears Battle, which was fought from 6 Oc ...

and the

Golan heights The Golan Heights, or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon mountains with Mount Hermon in t ...

History

Mount Hermonit was the major IDF fighting position during the 1973

. To the south of Mount Hermonit is the

, named after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The valley was named Valley of Tears due to the terrible war and many tank kills here in 1973. The bulk of the Syrian invasion attempted to come through this valley. Here 44 Israeli tanks held off more than 1000 Syrian tanks from entering the Golan Heights. More than 350 destroyed tanks and APCs were left when they withdrew. While Israel lost 40 of the 44 tanks (one of which was captained by

Yoni Netanyahu Yonatan Netanyahu (; March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976) was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid. The raid was launched in response to the 1976 hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight f ...

). The first generation of the Israeli Merkava Tank is still displayed here.

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