Sometimes to see what others never will see, you have to venture off the beaten path.
In Israel, underground bunkers, signs near the road that read, “DANGER – MINES” will quickly take local residents to a time and place not too long ago between the mid 1940's and mid 1960's. .
The bunkers are hidden in some by growth in the Tel Dan Nature Reserve along Israel's Northern Border. A portion of the land is divided by the 1949 Israeli – Syrian Armistice line.
The Tel Dan reserve is only 45 miles from Beirut, Lebanon. It was after the “War of Independence” that a large military post was built in the Tel Dan area, with only bunkers still standing today.
In 1964 the Syrians entered the area with a large tractor in hopes of diverting the main water sources of the Jordan River. However, their eager hand failed to work.
The trenches and bunkers were eventually abandoned by the Israeli Army in 1967.