Beersheba war memorial

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Commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Birüssebi October 31, 2007

The Be'er Scheva war memorial is located in the Israeli city of Be'er Scheva at the restored reception building of the old Be'er Scheva station on the former Ottoman military railway Maṣʿūdiyya – Sinai, which operated from 1915 to 1927 .

The memorial commemorates 298 soldiers of the Ottoman Army who died in 1917 in the Battle of Birüssebi of the Central Powers against the Entente on the Sinai and Palestine fronts during the First World War. It was unveiled on October 21, 2002 by representatives of the Republic of Turkey and the Be'er Sheva city government.

Coordinates: 31 ° 14 ′ 43.7 ″  N , 34 ° 47 ′ 9 ″  E