Mount Hermon closes due to snow, not security situation
The Mount Hermon site emphasized that the closure was due to the weather and not the security situation.
By MAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFFSnow in the Golan Heights, January 4, 2020(photo credit: MOLLY STEIN/EIN ZIVAN TOURISM)
The Mount Hermon site management announced that the mountain will be closed to visitors on Saturday due to weather and overnight snowfall.The website emphasized that the decision was due to the weather forecast and not because of the security tensions in the region as a result of the assassination of Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in an attack by US forces in Baghdad on Friday.Earlier on Saturday, the IDF said visitors could go to the site, but the mountain later announced the weather-related closure.
