Ashdod Travelers guide

33 2nd and 3rd of June, when the Israeli forces arrived at the area, the Egyptians opened fire on them causing many casualties. After fierce fighting the Israelis managed to stop the Egyptians. At the end of the war, the bridge, which up until then was named after the town of Isdud, was reconstructed and was given the symbolic name "Ad Halom Bridge" (Thus Far Bridge). To the west of the bridge today is The Ad Halom Park, which contains a memorial site to commemorate the fallen. During the course of the park's development works, which took place in 2010, the bridge was renovated and its historical appearance was restored. In addition, the Ad Halom interchange (which replaced the "Ashdod South Junction") was inaugurated. In 1948, during the period of Israel's provisional government, the formulation of a plan for the dispersal of the population throughout the country was started, as part of which the planning department, headed by architect Arieh Sharon , proposed to establish a city in the south of the country with a deep water port. On the eve of Operation Kadesh, in 1956, the idea of establishing the city started to take shape, when the then- prime minister, David Ben-Gurio n, sent a letter to Oved Ben- Ami , who was the mayor of Netanya at the time, in which he wrote: "Do for the south as you did for the north". Indeed, a short while after the end of the operation, Ben-Ami and Philip Klutznik (President of the B'nai Brith organization in the United States) established the "Ashdod Company Ltd.", a subsidiary of "Bonei Arim Company Ltd.", and the required authorization from the government to execute the plan was obtained. In 1955, a group of surveyors and planners was sent to the area of Sukrir in order to choose a place to build a new power station to serve the southern part of the country. The Ashdod Alef (A) power station became operational in 1958 (later called "Eshkol Alef" [1]). On the 25th of November 1956, 22 immigrants from Morocco arrived at the desolate area, and settled in a transit camp (sheds A little history