Another day hike with Ilana and Ilana. We started where Ha-hazbani (AKA Nachal Senir) meets the Jordan River, and finished at Fort Yesha.

Fort Yesha (AKA Fort 28) is a strategic British fort handed to the Arabs in 1948, who used it to as part of a siege of the local Jewish towns. It took three attempts to liberate it. The first failed because one of the two armored vehicles used in the attack fell to a ditch and the surprise was lost. The second failed when the team installing explosives at the fort's wall was discovered. The fort was finally taken by a three pronged attack in May 1948. A total of 28 Israelis died in these battles.

	Casting a long shadow		Ilana as the letter 'C'
			Woke up before dawn
					Breaking for breakfast. Menu includes Feijoa - pineapple guava
			The start of the hike up to Fort Yesha
	Ilana as the Hebrew letter "Gimel"		The hike up the Palmach route is steep
	Inside the "pillbox"				Bunker outside a British "Pillbox" defence structure
	Resting outside the fort

Update: Ilana #2 sent the following pictures