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Tel HaShomer (lit. Hill of the Guardsman) is an area in Gush Dan in central Israel, east of Ramat Gan and bordered to the south by Kiryat Ono, to the west by Yehud, and to the north by the Ben Gurion International Airport. It contains, among other things, a major Israel Defense Forces base (Camp Dori) and the Sheba Medical Center.
HaShomer was founded as the moshava Tel Litvinsky by Moshe and Emil Litvinsky in 1934, named after their father Elhanan Litvinsky.
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Tel HaShomer (lit. Hill of the Guardsman) is an area in Gush Dan in central Israel, east of Ramat Gan and bordered to the south by Kiryat Ono, to the west by Yehud, and to the north by the Ben Gurion International Airport. It contains, among other things, a major Israel Defense Forces base (Camp Dori) and the Sheba Medical Center.
History
Tel HaShomer was founded as the moshava Tel Litvinsky by Moshe and Emil Litvinsky in 1934, named after their father Elhanan Litvinsky. The village was mainly settled by immigrants from Germany and Poland, and in 1936 was noted for its high proportion of academics and doctors per capita. Much of Tel Litvinsky's land was confiscated for the construction of a British military base in World War II. The base had strategic value in that it controlled the Jaffa–Lydda Airport road, and also several surrounding villages including Kfar Azar and Ramat Ef'al. The base was used, among other things, to contain Italian prisoners of war.
1948 Arab–Israeli War
A Jewish attack on the base took place on November 29, 1947, when the Palmach stole explosives and 75 rifles. Towards of the end of the British Mandate of 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, which the Arab losses are estimated at about 50.
The area was renamed to Tel HaShomer some time in 1948, after HaShomer, an early Ottoman-period Jewish defense organization.
Structures and installations
It is well known for its central Israel Defence Forces base (Camp Yaakov Dori), which contains important installations such as:
- Lishkat HaGiyus - handles new draftees before they are recruited.
- Meitav, until May 2006 known as Bsis Klita UMiyun (Bakum) - induction base for drafted soldiers, where they get "militarized" (receive uniforms, basic gear, etc.) and are allotted to their units.
- Factory which manufactures Merkava tanks (7100th Maintenance Center).
- Several IDF corps' HQs: Military Police, Educational Corps, Logistics Corps, Ordnance Corps, Medical Corps.
Adjacent to the base there are both military and civilian hospitals (in adjoining complexes) known as the Tel HaShomer Hospital. The civilian hospital is named Sheba Medical Center and is under the municipal jurisdiction of Ramat Gan. Magen David Adom has its headquarters and main blood bank on site.
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