Beit Jann
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| Beit Jann | |
| Hebrew | בית ג'ן |
| Arabic | بيت جن |
| Government | Local council |
| District | North |
| Population | 10,000 (2005) |
| Jurisdiction | 4,650 dunams (4.65 km²) |
Beit Jann is a Druze village on top of Mt. Meron, in Northern Israel. The village is situated at the highest point in Israel (940 meters above sea level), and has a population of approximately 10,000.
In July 2004 two young men from Beit Jann were seriously injured in a hunting accident, by 2 other residents of Beit Jann, who were off-duty soldiers hunting illegally with their army-issued weapons.[1]
Beit Jann was one of settlements hit by Katyusha rockets fired by Hezbollah on July 14, 2006 during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
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