From the hill east of the monastery , in 1956 one or rather several Jordanian soldiers opened fire on a group of Israeli archaeologists visiting the excavation sites across the valley at Ramat Rachel , killing four and injuring 16 . After 1967 the height , known as Elijah Hill , was renamed in Hebrew as Givat ha'Arba ' a , Hill of the Four , in honour of the four victims . During the 1967 Six-Day War , the Israel Defense Forces quickly overran Jordanian defences around the monastery on the way to Bethlehem and Hebron
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Ramat Rachel shooting attack
Mar Elias Monastery