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Ad Halom is an area around the eastern entrance to the city of Ashdod
Ashdod

Ashdod , is the List of Israeli cities in Israel, located in the South District of the country, on the Mediterranean Sea Israeli Coastal Plain, with a population of 207,000....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
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d Halom means 'until here' in Hebrew, referring to the northernmost point in Gaza
Gaza

Gaza is a Palestinian people city in the Gaza Strip, approximately southwest of Jerusalem, with a population of 410,000, making it the largest city under the control of the Palestinian National Authority....
 whereto the Egyptian army advanced in Operation Pleshet
Operation Pleshet

Operation Pleshet , named for the Pleshet where it took place, was an Israeli military operation during the 1948 Arab?Israeli War. It was carried out on May 29 ? June 3, 1948, in the Ashdod/Ad Halom area of the southern front, against the Egyptian Army....
 of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence and War of Liberation , and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe , was the first in a series of wars fought between the Declaration of Independence State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict....
. Israel had on may 29th dispatched four Avia S-199
Avia S-199

The Avia S-199 was a fighter aircraft built after World War II by the Avia Company , a branch of the enormous ?koda Works in Czechoslovakia, built using parts and plans left over from Luftwaffe aircraft production that had taken place in the German occupied country during the war....
 airplanes—one of them piloted by Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman

was the seventh President of Israel, serving a seven-year term from 1993 to 2000. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air Force and Defense Minister of Israel....
—attacking the Egyptians between the then Arab village of Isdud
Isdud

Isdud Palestinian Arab town that was depopulated after a 28 October 1948 assault by Israeli forces.During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Egyptian Army took over Isdud on May 29, 1948, and the town became the northern-most advancement point of the Egyptian forces....
 and the bridge over the Lachish River
Lachish River

Lakhish River is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the city of Ashdod. It is also known as Wadi Kabiba and Wadi Sukhrir in Arabic....
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Ad Halom is an area around the eastern entrance to the city of Ashdod
Ashdod

Ashdod , is the List of Israeli cities in Israel, located in the South District of the country, on the Mediterranean Sea Israeli Coastal Plain, with a population of 207,000....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

Battle

Ad Halom means 'until here' in Hebrew, referring to the northernmost point in Gaza
Gaza

Gaza is a Palestinian people city in the Gaza Strip, approximately southwest of Jerusalem, with a population of 410,000, making it the largest city under the control of the Palestinian National Authority....
 whereto the Egyptian army advanced in Operation Pleshet
Operation Pleshet

Operation Pleshet , named for the Pleshet where it took place, was an Israeli military operation during the 1948 Arab?Israeli War. It was carried out on May 29 ? June 3, 1948, in the Ashdod/Ad Halom area of the southern front, against the Egyptian Army....
 of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence and War of Liberation , and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe , was the first in a series of wars fought between the Declaration of Independence State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict....
. Israel had on may 29th dispatched four Avia S-199
Avia S-199

The Avia S-199 was a fighter aircraft built after World War II by the Avia Company , a branch of the enormous ?koda Works in Czechoslovakia, built using parts and plans left over from Luftwaffe aircraft production that had taken place in the German occupied country during the war....
 airplanes—one of them piloted by Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman

was the seventh President of Israel, serving a seven-year term from 1993 to 2000. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air Force and Defense Minister of Israel....
—attacking the Egyptians between the then Arab village of Isdud
Isdud

Isdud Palestinian Arab town that was depopulated after a 28 October 1948 assault by Israeli forces.During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Egyptian Army took over Isdud on May 29, 1948, and the town became the northern-most advancement point of the Egyptian forces....
 and the bridge over the Lachish River
Lachish River

Lakhish River is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the city of Ashdod. It is also known as Wadi Kabiba and Wadi Sukhrir in Arabic....
. The Givati Brigade
Givati Brigade

The Givati Brigade functions as the Marines and is one of the Israeli Infantry Corps in the Israel Defense Forces. Givati soldiers are designated by purple berets....
 blew up the bridge and defended the river bank from a pillbox
Pillbox

Pillbox can refer to:* A small box in which pills are kept* Pillbox hat* Military term for a type of Bunker#Pillbox* For military pillboxes in the UK, see: British hardened field defences of World War II...
. The Egyptian forces were later defeated in Operation Yoav
Operation Yoav

Operation Yoav was an Israeli military operation carried out from 15 October - 22 October, 1948 in the Negev Desert, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War....
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The pillbox and defensive wall remain as memorials of the events.

Monument

As part of Camp David Accords
Camp David Accords

The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David....
 between Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
 a monument in the memory of the fallen Egyptian soldiers was established. It was compensation for the abandonment of Israeli obelisks in the Sinai peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
. The inscriptions on the four edges are in Hebrew, Arabic, English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 and hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs

Egyptian hieroglyphs was a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that contained a combination of logographic and alphabetic elements....
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Bridge

The Ad Halom Bridge was built in the beginning of the 19th century by Turkish governors
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 above the Lachish River
Lachish River

Lakhish River is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the city of Ashdod. It is also known as Wadi Kabiba and Wadi Sukhrir in Arabic....
. After its destruction in the Independence War
1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, known by the Israelis predominantly as War of Independence and War of Liberation , and by Palestinians as the Catastrophe , was the first in a series of wars fought between the Declaration of Independence State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict....
, the bridge was reconstructed and upgraded. Today the four-lane Highway 4
Highway 4 (Israel)

Highway 4 is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire Israeli Coastal Plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier#Erez Crossing with the Gaza Strip....
 crosses the bridge.

Railway station

The Israel Railways
Israel Railways

Israel Railways is Israel's government-owned national railway company and is responsible for all Inter-city rail and suburban railway passenger and freight traffic in the country....
 started to operate a passenger line to Ashdod
Ashdod

Ashdod , is the List of Israeli cities in Israel, located in the South District of the country, on the Mediterranean Sea Israeli Coastal Plain, with a population of 207,000....
 in the mid 1990's.

The new railway station
Ashdod Ad Halom Railway Station

Ashdod Ad Halom Railway Station is a railway station in Ashdod, Israel. It is on the suburban line Binyamina/Netanya - Tel Aviv - Rehovot/Ashkelon....
 was established in 2004. In 2005 the line was extended to Ashkelon
Ashkelon

Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Bronze Age. In the course of its history, it has been ruled by the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Babylonians, the Phoenicians, the Ancient Romes, the Muslims and the Crusaders....
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The short distance between the railway and poor planning of the Ad Halom junction on Highway 4
Highway 4 (Israel)

Highway 4 is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire Israeli Coastal Plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier#Erez Crossing with the Gaza Strip....
 cause traffic jams. A new traffic interchange, intended to solve the problem, is under construction as of 2007.