Tel HaShomer

Coordinates: 32°2′31.02″N 34°51′22.42″E / 32.0419500°N 34.8562278°E / 32.0419500; 34.8562278
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Tel HaShomer
תֵּל הַשּׁוֹמֵר
Neighborhood of Ramat Gan
Tel HaShomer is located in Central Israel
Tel HaShomer
Tel HaShomer
Coordinates: 32°2′31.02″N 34°51′22.42″E / 32.0419500°N 34.8562278°E / 32.0419500; 34.8562278
Country Israel
CityRamat Gan

Tel HaShomer (

the Guardsman) or Kiryat Krinitzi is a neighborhood in Ramat Gan, Israel. It borders Kiryat Ono in the north, Yehud in the east, and Or Yehuda in the south. A major Israel Defense Forces base and the Sheba Medical Center
are located in Tel HaShomer.

History

Israeli army camp at Tel Hashomer, 1949

Tel Litvinsky (later Tel Hashomer) was a moshava established in 1934 by Moshe and Emil Litvinsky in memory of their father Elhanan Litvinsky. The first inhabitants were Jewish immigrants from Germany and Poland. In 1936, it was noted for its high proportion of academics and doctors.[1]

During

Lydda Airport road. It was also used to house Italian prisoners of war
.

On November 29, 1947, the Palmach stole explosives and 75 rifles from the camp.[2] Towards of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, Arabs under the command of Hasan Salama began smuggling in arms and personnel disguised as laborers into the camp. The Haganah command saw this as a threat and on April 15, 1948, two companies for the 32nd and 33rd Battalions of the Alexandroni Brigade entered and captured the base. Arab forces counterattacked from al-Khayriyya, Kafr 'Ana, al-'Abbasiyya and Saqiya, but the Jewish forces reinforced and pushed them back to a small salient in the south of the camp, which was captured later in Operation Hametz. The Alexandroni Brigade lost three soldiers, while the Arab losses were estimated at 50.[3]

In 1948, the area was renamed Tel HaShomer after

HaShomer, an early Ottoman
-period Jewish defense organization.

Landmarks

Located on the grounds of the Israel Defense Forces base (Camp Yaakov Dori) are:

  • IDF recruitment office (Lishkat HaGiyus) – processes new draftees
  • Meitav, until May 2006 known as Bsis Klita UMiyun (Bakum) – induction base for drafted soldiers, where they receive uniforms, basic gear, etc. and are sent to their units
  • Merkava tank factory (7100th Maintenance Center)[4]
  • Ground Forces Technology Division (Unit 99)
  • Headquarters of
    Ordnance Corps, Medical Corps

Medical facilities

Adjacent to the base are military and civilian

Tel HaShomer Hospital. The civilian hospital is Sheba Medical Center. Magen David Adom
has its headquarters and main blood bank on site.

Notable people

Development plans

In September 2015 it was announced that 11,500 housing units would replace the military complex on the site.[5]

References

  1. ^ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1980). "Tel Litvinsky". Ariel Encyclopedia (in Hebrew). Vol. 8. Tel Aviv, Israel: Am Oved. pp. 8126–8127.
  2. Carta
    . p. 13.
  3. ^ "Capture of Camp Tel Litvinsky (Tel HaShomer)". Alexandroni Brigade. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  4. ^ "IDF Ground Forces Order of Battle". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  5. ^ "11,500-homes approved for Tel HaShomer military base - Globes English". Globes. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
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