Late start and on to the Ayolon Institute

Coupled with the early bedtime, we had a nice morning with a late wakeup and time for a relaxed breakfast.

Some of us will be leaving for Eilat and Petra this afternoon but first we all went to the Ayolon institute – a secret munitions factory built before the war for independence. This amazing story of secrecy and daring is very interesting to be able to walk through personally.

First we watched a movie giving an overview of the story, and then it was time to go below and learn the secrets.

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We learned all about the job of making and testing the bullets as well as keeping everything hidden from the ‘giraffes’ upstairs.

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