Tel Faher
| Battle of Tel Faher | |||||||
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| Part of Six-Day War | |||||||
View from inside a ruined bunker in Tel Faher | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Israel | Syria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Yona Efrat | Ahmad Khalili | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Golani Brigade | 187th Infantry Battalion | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 260 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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34 killed 113 wounded |
62 killed 20 captured | ||||||
Tel Faher or Golani Lookout is a former Syrian military outpost in the Golan Heights that has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967.
Tel Faher was the site of an intense battle in 1967 between the Israel Defense Forces and the Syrian Army which ended in the conquest of the outpost by the Golani Brigade.The Syrian position at Tel Faher was heavily fortified with minefields, bunkers, trenches, and barbed wire protecting it. Despite taking heavy casualties, the Israelis managed to capture Tel Faher and forced the Syrians to retreat. The fall of Tel Faher caused the Syrian defensive line in the area to collapse, and this led to Israel conquering the Golan Heights just one day later.
Tel Faher is now a park commemorating those who died in the battle.