A Canaanite fortress from the 12th century BCE - when the Biblical Judges led the Jewish people - has been uncovered near the Kiryat Gat-area Kibbutz Gal On by Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) excavations.
According to IAA archaeologists, "the fortress that we discovered provides a glimpse into the geopolitical reality described in the Book of Judges, in which the Canaanites, Israelites, and Philistines are at war with each other."