Company joined the fighting. The battle ended at 6:30 AM, although Israeli troops remained in the trenches due to sniper fire from Givat HaMivtar until the Harel Brigade overran that outpost in the afternoon. Thirty-six Israeli soldiers and 71 Jordanians were killed in the fighting. Ten of the soldiers who fought in this battle were given citations by the Israeli Chief of General Staff. The commander of the Paratroopers Brigade was Mordechai Gur. The commander of the 66th Battalion was . Memorial site In 1975, a memorial site and museum were inaugurated on the hill, preserving a part of the old post and opening a museum in the bunker. In addition, 182 olive trees were planted on the hill, commemorating the 182 Israeli soldiers who died in the battle for Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. In 1987, the site was declared a national memorial site. The main ceremony on Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is held here. In April 2019, Israel honoured Indian army Lieutenant General J. F. R. Jacob with a commemorative plaque on the Ammunition Hill Wall of Honour. An estimated 200,000 visitors tour the site each year, including 80,000 soldiers. Ammunition Hill is also the main induction center for IDF paratroopers. In popular culture The song (Hebrew: גבעת התחמושת Givat Hatachmoshet), by Israeli song writer Yoram Taharlev is written about the battle. References Further reading Eli Landau, Jerusalem the Eternal: The Paratroopers' Battle for the City of David, Otpaz, Tel Aviv, 1968 - contains a detailed account of the Ammunition Hill action; by a journalist who was a former paratrooper who was present J. Robert Moskin, Among Lions: The Definitive Account of the 1967 Battle for Jerusalem, Arbor House, New York, 1982 - based on interviews with participants Abraham Rabinovich, the battle for Jerusalem: June 5-7, 1967, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1972, - based almost entirely on about 300 individual interviews External links Lyrics of the Hebrew song "Giv'at HaTachmoshet" ("Ammunition Hill") in English translation Ammunition Hill Memorial website Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Address at the Jerusalem Day Ceremony at Ammunition Hill (June 6, 2005) Mount Scopus Ammunition Hill Ammunition Hill 20th century in Jerusalem Ammunition Hill 1960s in Jerusalem East Jerusalem