200,000 Israelis visit national parks for Independence Day

Some 200,000 Israelis visited national parks and nature reserves across the country today to celebrate Israel’s 71st Independence Day, according to the Nature and Parks Authority.

Among the sites with the highest number of visitors were Tel Afek and Tel Ashkelon, which the authority says saw some 7,000 visitors apiece.

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