Yarmuk
Floden Yarmuk 2005.
Yarmuk (eller Yarmouk, Jarmuk, Jarmouk; arabisk نهر اليرموك, Nahr al-Yarmūk; hebræisk נהר הירמוך, Nehar Have-Yarmukh; græsk Ιερομίακος, Hieromiakos; latin Hieromax) er Jordanflodens største biflod. Floden er 150 kilometer lang, og danner en del af grænsen mellem Jordan, Syrien og Israel og er Golan højdernes sydgrænse inden den udmunder i Jordan syd for Kinneretsøen. Ved floden besejrede araberne i 636 i slaget ved Yarmuk den østromerske kejser Herakleios armé. Koordinater: 32°42′32″N 35°41′36″Ø / 32.70899°N 35.69325°Ø
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The Second Yarmouk Railway Bridge ruins (Arab. Jisr al-Ḥammah جسر الحمة) over the Yarmouk River — destroyed in the Jewish Night of the Bridges operation.
Forfatter/Opretter: The original uploader was Effib at hebraisk Wikipedia., Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
The Second Yarmouk Railway Bridge ruins (Arab. Jisr al-Ḥammah جسر الحمة) over the Yarmouk River — destroyed in the Jewish Night of the Bridges operation.
- Operation Markolet (known as Night of the Bridges) was a Haganah venture on the nights of 16th & 17th of June 1946, in the British Mandate of Palestine. Its aim was to destroy eleven bridges linking Mandated Palestine to the neighboring countries of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt, in order to immobilize its transportation.