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IDF ground forces practice a river crossing. The drill included soldiers from combat engineering, tanks, artillery and infantry units. Photo taken by Ori Shifrin, IDF Spokesperson's Unit Featured as IDF Photo of the Day on June 4, 2012 The Israel Defense Forces Facebook The Israel Defense Forces blog The Israel Defense Forces website
The Allenby Bridge (Hebrew: גשר אלנבי, romanized: Gesher Allenby), known officially in Jordan as the King Hussein Bridge (Arabic: جسر الملك حسين, romanized: Jisr al-Malek Hussein), is a bridge that crosses the Jordan River near the city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the town of Al-Karameh in Jordan.
The Jordan River Crossing (Hebrew: מסוף נהר ירדן, Arabic: معبر نهر الأردن) or Sheikh Hussein Bridge is the northern international border crossing between Jordan and Israel. It is located between Irbid , in Jordan , and Beit She'an , in Israel .
Ancient underground quarry, Jordan Valley, possibly associated by the Byzantines with Gilgal and the "twelve stones" Yom HaAliyah, Israeli national holiday created to honor the Jewish people carrying the Ark of the Covenant crossing the Jordan River into the Land of Israel at Gilgal as recorded in the Book of Joshua in the Bible.
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The Jordan River or River Jordan (Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (Arabic: نهر الشريعة), is a 251-kilometre-long (156 mi) endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead Sea.