Maale Levona
Battle of Wadi Haramia
Wadi Haramia (Maale Levona) The Battle of Wadi Haramia was the first Hand to hand combat battle fought between the Maccabees and the Seleucid Empire in 167 BC. After the Maccabean revolt started, Judah relocated his guerrilla combat units at the northern part of the Shomron. Apollonius, governor of Samaria, was sent with the local Samarian armies to link up with Seleucid forces from Jerusalem. Judah gained the element of surprise by ambushing the enemy army at Wadi Haramia and successfully destroyed the much larger Syrian Greek army and killing its commander. Another force was soon sent against Maccabaeus, which led to the Battle of Beth Horon.
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