Metzudat Koach

Metzudat Koah is located in the Upper Galilee near the ruins of Al-Nabi Yusha' a Palestinian village depopulated by Israeli forces in 1948.

A number of key points were subsequently occupied by Arab forces, including the police fort at Nabi Yusha.

This fort commanded the main road to Upper Galilee and the routes to the Jewish settlements of Ramot Naftali and Manara.

A small force succeeded in breaking the barriers and reaching the wall, but two of its members were hit, which delayed the detonation of the explosives until their evacuation.

[citation needed] During the night of May 16/17, a company of the third battalion of the Yiftach Brigade occupied the fort after driving away the enemy.