The Ministry of Transport and Netivei Israel (National Transport Infrastructure Company) have announced the opening of the new Eilabun Interchange on Highway 65 connecting the coastal plain to the Galilee the last four-lane (two lanes in each direction) section of this road will be openedin the project to widenit Netivei Israel said that in the coming month additional infrastructure work would be carried out along the route The entire project will be inaugurated at the end of the month at an event to be attended by Minister of Transport and Road Safety and Intelligence Yisrael Katz and the CEO of Netivei Israel The Eilabun Interchange will eliminate the intersection at the entry to Eilabun The interchange will facilitate entering and exiting Highway 806 Netivei Israel expects the interchange to substantially ease the frequent traffic jams in the area The interchangeconsists of two roundabouts and a 54-meter bridge the part of the road to be inaugurated will provide two lanes in each direction on the 2.5 kilometer section between Eilabun Interchange and the Massad-Ravid Interchange Opening the new interchange was part of the huge project for extending Highway 65/85 The project included a massive upgrade of the road between Golani Interchange to Amiad Junction aimed at creating a high-speed transportation link between the northern outlying areas and the central region which constitutes a main traffic artery to the north waswidened to make a 27.5-kilometer four-lane highway (two lanes in each direction) Eight new interchanges have been planned along the new road for the purpose of enhancing safety for users of the road and convenient access to the communities along the artery The NIS 1.2 billion project is considered environmentally friendly with the inclusion of rehabilitated scenery A system of bridges was constructed above the Amud after having been rehabilitated for the benefit of tourists Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on September 8 � Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd His Body Held in GazaThe Israeli army determined that 19-year-old Shay Levinson was killed on October 7 while serving with the Armored Brigade He is now officially regarded as a fallen soldier held by a terrorist group 2024Get email notification for articles from Yaniv Kubovich FollowJan 21 who was first believed to be taken hostage was killed on October 7 and his body is being held in Gaza This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page around the time Jesus lived in the area.While digging in their garden an Israeli family residing in the village of Eilabun unexpectedly found the entrance to an intricate complex of underground stables carved in sandstone 2,000 years ago according to the report published by Haaretz “remained hidden some 9 feet below the ground,” under centuries of accumulated debris a group of archaeologists led by Nir Distelfeld kept on digging discovering that these caves would have also been used as storage They could tell because of some artifacts found in the place But mainly the complex was used to house livestock: some “rooms” chiseled into the cave walls reveal animals would have been accommodated there Eilabun has been inhabited since biblical times it is the site of an ancient Jewish village These caves have been dated as carved in the 1st century BC around the time in which Jesus was living in the area The caves would have been in use until the destruction of Second Temple Read more on the matter on the original note, published by Haaretz, here. Articles like these are sponsored free for every Catholic through the support of generous readers just like you Please make a tax-deductible donation today Help us continue to bring the Gospel to people everywhere through uplifting Catholic news Arrests Made Over LootingEilabun residents uncovered elaborate caves carved out of bedrock in ancient Galilean Jewish village 2017Get email notification for articles from Ruth Schuster FollowOct 19 2017It’s not rare in Israel to burrow in the garden One family in the Galilean village of Eilabun found not some measly oil lamp or pagan figurine under their courtyard but the opening to an elaborate system of underground caves dating to the Roman era authorities made two arrests for illegal excavation of the precious site the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday the caves seem to have served for storage and stabling Which begs the question: The caves are about three meters below the surface archaeology inspector Nir Distelfeld told Haaretz how did they get horses down there and why would they Why not build a stable with walls above ground maybe half a meter lower but obviously the horse wasn’t lowered down,” Distelfeld explains “It shows how much dirt and silt accrue over 2,000 years Otherwise they would indeed have built stables and storage Which is what the ancient Jews of Eilabun did: They carved the caves meticulously out of the chalky found a large central chamber about four by six meters Smaller chambers branched off that main one Open gallery viewPottery shards found inside the cave in the Galilean village of Eilabun.Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority Courtesy The archaeologists believe the caves served for storage and to stable horses including holes chiseled into the cave walls to which the quadrupeds could have been tied The caves’ dating is based on pottery shards left behind by the thieves who looted the place thoroughly before Israel Antiquities Authority inspectors came along They not only removed and presumably sold everything else: They shattered the rock “The looters weren’t archaeology experts,” says Distelfeld drily thinking they would find other interesting stuff.” Open gallery viewThe entrance to the cave in the Galilean village of Eilabun.Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority other than fragments of Roman-era ceramic storage jars is a basalt rock with a groove down the middle which had been part of a flour-grinding apparatus “The thieves may have found other things but they won’t tell us,” Distelfeld mourns During the era of the Second Temple (which the Romans destroyed with the rest of Jerusalem in 70 C.E.) there had been “mishmarot kehuna” – the great local families throughout the land would make the trek to Jerusalem which would spend two weeks of each year on the Temple Mount remains of which have been previously excavated the thieves were apprehended Monday in a joint campaign by the IAA inspectors with police “At the moment we are working on criminal proceedings,” says Distelfeld “We will look into further excavations there in the future.”