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expanded to the east, eventually reaching the fence line of Camp Yadin. As a result, the IDF decided to vacate
Tzrifin and sell its land to private residential developers due to the high land value. By the early 2020s the IDF is expected to vacate all of its installations from Tzrifin, with most of
501:(0.84 km), will go Rishon LeZion, and much of it will be zoned for commercial development. This will including an industrial zone for medical development, next to the Asaf HaRofe Hospital. Be'er Ya'akov will get 560 dunams (0.56 km) mostly for residential development.
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and 15 km (9.3 mi) from the
Mediterranean seashore. The base in it has three main entrances—Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem Gate and Rishon LeZion Gate, all of which are located within the municipalities, and not within Tzrifin proper.
257:(Tzrifin Junction). At this location, there are a number of fast food restaurants and a pedestrian bridge which connects the base to the bus terminal on the other side of the road. The
62:(a.k.a. Camp Tzrifin, Camp 782), with which it is synonymous, even though the base also spills into Rishon LeZion and Be'er Ya'akov. Camp Yadin contains a multitude of
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in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land.
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As with many other IDF bases, Camp Yadin is a container base for many smaller ones. The following is a list of bases within Camp Yadin.
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desert, Southern Israel. In 2019 the central part of the camp was demolished to give way for 1,100 new apartments for Rishon LeZion.
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Tzrifin is located between Rishon LeZion on the west, and Be'er Ya'akov on all 3 other sides. It is 72 m (236 ft) above
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590:(in Hebrew). Vol. 7. Israel: Am Oved. pp. 6403–04.
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Tzrifin is a hebrew form of
Sarafend (Ṣarafand / صرفند), an
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that encompassed the area of the present-day city of
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Bahad 12 – the school for command, belonging to the
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253:The Jaffa Gate links a street within the base to
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586:(1979). "Tzrifin - Military Base".
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43:, located on the eastern side of
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462:Shmuel HaRofe Geriatric Hospital
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261:is located near the Jaffa Gate.
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534:Marom, Roy; Zadok, Ran (2023).
209:On 14 May 1948, the day of the
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709:Lexicon of the Land of Israel
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