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Did you know?
- The water temperature in the Gulf of Eilat (Aqaba) varies little from winter to summer, between 22 and 27 degrees Celsius (72 to 81 Ferhenhiet).
- Eilat averages 360 sunny days a year and has an average annual rainfall of 28 mm (1.1 inch).
- Four countries are visible from Eilat – Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
- We have had over 90,000 guests in the Shelter in our 40+ years of operation.
- Our guests have come from more than 85 countries around the world.
- The shortest period someone has stayed in the Shelter is one night, and the longest is for eight years (staff and volunteers).
- Moses and the children of Israel passed twice through Eilat on their way from Egypt to the Promised Land (Numbers 33:35; Deuteronomy 2:8). Also, King Solomon had a fleet of ships in Eilat.
