{"id":7570,"date":"2018-12-26T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T08:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/12\/26\/ammunition-hill-song"},"modified":"2019-01-01T10:13:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T08:13:49","slug":"ammunition-hill-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/12\/26\/ammunition-hill-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Ammunition Hill Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dM1L-ovPEOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>Written by\u00a0Yair Rosenblum and Yoram Taharlev, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dM1L-ovPEOE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this famous song<\/a> (in Hebrew with English subtitles) tells the story of the bloody battle on Ammunition Hill during the Six Day War.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Ammunition Hill<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;It was then the morning of the second day of the war in Jerusalem. The horizon paled in the east. We were at the climax of the battle on Ammunition Hill. We&#8217;d been fighting there for three hours. A fierce battle was under way. Fatal. The Jordanians fought stubbornly. It was a position fortified in an exceptional manner. At a certain point in the fight there remained next to me only four soldiers. We went up there with a force of two platoons. I didn&#8217;t know where the others were because the connection with Dudik, the platoon commander, was cut off still at the beginning of the battle. At that moment I thought that everyone had been killed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At two, two-thirty<br \/>\nWe entered through the stony terrain<br \/>\nTo the field of fire and mines<br \/>\nOf Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>Against bunkers which were fortified<br \/>\nAnd 120mm mortars<br \/>\nA hundred and some boys<br \/>\nOn Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>The pillar of dawn had not yet risen<br \/>\nHalf a platoon lay in blood<br \/>\nBut we were already there at least<br \/>\nOn Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>Among the walls and the mines<br \/>\nWe left only the medics<br \/>\nAnd we ran ahead without our senses<br \/>\nTowards Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At that same moment a grenade was thrown from outside. Miraculously we weren&#8217;t hit. I was afraid the Jordanians would throw more grenades. Someone had to run from above and cover. I didn&#8217;t have time to ask who would volunteer. I sent Eitan. Eitan didn&#8217;t hesitate for a moment. He climbed up and began to fire his machine gun. Sometimes he would overtake me and I&#8217;d have to yell to him to remain in line with me. That&#8217;s how we crossed some 30 meters. Eitan would cover from above and we would clear the bunkers from within, until he was hit in the head and fell inside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We went down into the trenches<br \/>\nInto the pits and channels<br \/>\nAnd towards the death in the tunnels<br \/>\nOf Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>And no one asked where to<br \/>\nWhoever went first fell<br \/>\nOne needed lots of luck<br \/>\nOn Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>Whoever fell was dragged to the back<br \/>\nIn order not to disrupt the movement forward<br \/>\nUntil fell the next in line<br \/>\nOn Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we were lions<br \/>\nBut whoever wanted still to live<br \/>\nShould not have been<br \/>\nOn Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We decided to try blowing up their bunker with a bazooka. The bazooka made a few scratches in the concrete. We decided to try with explosive material. I waited above them until the guy came back with the explosives. He would throw me package after package, and I would lay them one by one at the entrance of their bunker. They had a system of their own: first they threw a grenade, afterwards they fired a volley, and then they rested. Between volley and grenade, I would approach the entrance of their bunker and place the explosives. I triggered the explosives and moved away as far as I could. I had four meters in which to move because also behind me were [Arab] Legionnaires. I don&#8217;t know why I received a commendation, I simply wanted to get home safely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At seven, seven-twenty<br \/>\nTo the police school<br \/>\nWere gathered all those who remained<br \/>\nFrom Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>Smoke arose from the hill<br \/>\nThe sun in the east rose higher<br \/>\nWe returned to the city, seven<br \/>\nFrom Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>We returned to the city, seven<br \/>\nSmoke arose from the hill<br \/>\nThe sun in the east rose higher<br \/>\nOn Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n<p>On fortified bunkers<br \/>\nAnd on our brothers, men<br \/>\nWho remained there aged 20<br \/>\nOn Ammunition Hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by\u00a0Yair Rosenblum and Yoram Taharlev, this famous song (in Hebrew with English subtitles) tells the story of the bloody battle on Ammunition Hill during the Six Day War.\u00a0 Ammunition Hill &#8220;It was then the morning of the second day of the war in Jerusalem. The horizon paled in the east. 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