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The invention of the Tower and stockade system is attributed to Shlomo Gur-Gerzovsky, founding member of Kibbutz Tel Amal, and was developed and encouraged by the architect Yohanan Ratner.

The system was based on the fast construction of pre-fabricated wooden molds, which would be filled with gravel and enclosed with barbed wire fencing.

In average, the enclosed space formed a yard of 35 x 35 meters ( 1 dunam ).

In the yard a pre-fabricated wooden observation tower and four shacks, providing housing for a " conquering troop " of around 40 people, was erected.

The constructions were located within eyesight of neighbouring settlements and with accessibility for motor vehicles.