watchtower
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"The settlers' attack took place in full view of the Israeli army," Palestinian activist Osama Makhamra told AFP, noting that an Israeli military watchtower stands close to the mosque that was set ablaze.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
A watchtower on a hilltop, still painted in the colours of the Iranian flag, overlooks the base.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
Settlers soon installed a camera on a watchtower on the edge of Shilo, about 60 feet from his home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
The checkpoint gate is now bolted shut, eyed by armed Israeli guards in a watchtower nearby.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
After work, she liked to sit in the watchtower that overlooked the lucerne fields.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
But new watchtowers along that border have pushed escapees to unconventional and riskier routes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
But with high fences, watchtowers and armed guards, "there was no way to leave", until he was released with 5,400 other Chinese nationals since the February crackdown.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
The camp, surrounded by barbed wire, is now long abandoned and overgrown - weeds are growing on wooden watchtowers and signs along the fence say "off limits" in red text.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
Five years later, two men escaped from a maximum-security Wisconsin prison that once held Jeffrey Dahmer, fleeing early one morning when four of the facility’s five watchtowers were unmanned.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
It looked just like the illustrations Annabeth had seen in military history books—with a defensive trench lined with spikes, high walls, and watchtowers armed with scorpion ballistae.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
