 On May 30 , 1948 , in the first stage of the 1948 Arab @-@ Israeli War , Lajjun was captured by Israel 's Golani Brigade in Operation Gideon . The capture was particularly important for the Israelis because of its strategic location at the entrance of the Wadi Ara , which thus , brought their forces closer to Jenin . During the second truce between Israel and the Arab coalition , in early September , a United Nations official fixed the permanent truce line in the area of Lajjun , according to press reports . A 500 @-@ yard strip was established on both sides of the line in which Arabs and Jews were allowed to harvest their crops . Lajjun was used as transit place by the Israel Defense Forces to transfer 1 @,@ 400 Arab women , children and elderly from Ijzim , who then were sent on foot to Jenin . 
