Givat HaEm

Israeli soldiers built a border outpost on Giv'at Ha'Em after the War of Independence.

The topographical conditions were very difficult: the steep, rugged and rocky slopes of the Golan prevented an easy build of a transportation line, while the Syrian army sat in well fortified strongholds and could fire easily from above.

It was commanded by Albert Mandler's tank brigade 8, which showered the Syrian posts to the north, on the top of the Heights.

A force consisting of infantry, Nahal and paratroopers defeated a series of other posts overlooking the Hula valley in the southern sector of the Heights and enables the passage of tanks deep into enemy territory.

At Burj Babil, Syrian officers fled after the first Israeli shots were fired, prompting their men to do the same.