[Vigilanteman]

I'm curious just to how much of the land you were looking at then looks like it was being used for something. Israel proper was basically a sparsely used desert when it was under the Turkish Caliphate before World War I.

[ken5050]

The Syrian battle plan was questionable. They split their forces...the northernmost push was designed to draw in most of the Israeli force, while the main thrust was to be to the south...where they hoped to split the country and drive to the Mediterranean..Syrians hoped to link up insde Israel..

[publius911]

I'm curious just to how much of the land you were looking at then looks like it was being used for something [useful?].

That it was being used in indisputable. It was used onstantly to shell Israeli settlements below.
By the way, that's a great map of the local area in question. A very useful keeper!