"We invite the people of Israel to join us this coming Sukkot and see up close the work of mine clearance and, for the first time in history, enjoy an area that had been closed to the public for decades."
Fifty-eight years after Jerusalem took control of the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War, Israeli authorities have completed mine clearance work at the former Syrian army outpost of Ein Almin.
The former outpost, which was abandoned by Syrian troops during the fighting and is one of the largest Damascus built before 1967, will be open to the public during the Sukkot holiday, which starts on Oct. 6.
During excavation work, the Mine and UXO Clearance Authority in the Israeli Ministry of Defense removed 600 different munitions, including grenades, mortar shells of various sizes, RPGs and Kalashnikov rifles.