The Prat stream (aka Wadi Kelt), is a stream that descends from Neve Yaakov, Jerusalem, and flows into the Jordan Valley near Jericho. The stream is about 30 km long. The Prat stream passes through canyons, when he crosses the Judean Desert.
Already after the Six Day War Wadi Kelt was a nest of terrorists and the IDF chased them in it, at December 2nd, 1968, in one of the incidents Terrorists shot and killed the commander, Lt. Col. Zvi Ofer in a cave located on the southern bank of the river, where there is a plaque in his memory.
The Valley was called then "Country of pursuits."
First terror attack occurred in Wadi Kelt on August, 1986 when two Israeli hikers were stabbed by terrorists when they stopped to rest. The two were lightly injured. Attacks in the nineties ended tragically. Cycling every few years terrorists murdered pairs of travelers, and the valley became the area known as trouble.
The first case occurred in October. '93 Eran Bachar and Dror Forer, from Jerusalem walked in Wadi Kelt, where they were brutally murdered by Hamas terroristsin an ambush of five terrorists that surprised them. The Two were shot, and then they had been stoned and stabbed all over their bodies. Their bodies were thrown to the bottom of the valley.
The next Pair of victims were two students, Ohad Bachrach from Beit El and Uri Shachor from Raanana, They were murdered one year and nine months later, in July, '95 by Palestinian terrorists near the waterfall in Wadi Kelt. The two young men tanned by the pool the trrorists surprised them, shot them and stabbed them. A Bedouin discovered the bodies and the horrifying scene: "Both in their swimsuits lying on each other. One’s Hand still clutched on his unfinished sandwich. Beside them rolled their personal belongings shoes, a backpack, a pair of tefillin and prayer book."
The Walls surrounding and on the cliffs Arabic graffiti was sprayed.
Nearly two years after death returned to Wadi Kelt. This time the victims were two young women, Hagit Zvicki from Kefar Adumim and Liat Castiel from Holon, the two were murdered brutally, stabbed to death and then their bodies were thrown into the pool, apparently in order to conceal evidence. One of the girls was stripped off her clothes and the body was found lying near a pond. The second girl's body was thrown near another pond. Marks on the body showed severe abuse that the murderer slit her throat. This time the killer was a Bedouin shepherd in the area who was not a member of a terrorist organization but in his investigation admitted that his motives were nationalistic, out of hatred for the Jews, and especially the residents of the area. Bedouins living in the valley then condemned the murder, claimed the shepherd acted on his own and expressed concern of vengeance from settlers.
Already after the first case, it was unclear whether travelers are allowed to travel in the region, and it was strengthened after the second murder case, which raised the question of whether the two young men who were murdered broke the law when they walked in Wadi Kelt. Central Command, General Ilan Biran, then issued clear instructions that the valley area is forbidden for trips, but residents of the area claimed that they do not recognize any restrictions on Wadi trip, and the only restriction that exists is when a large Group needs prior coordination with the IDF. Chief Executive Officer of the Protection of Nature organization, Yossi Leshem, claimed at the time that the army stopped giving permits for trips in Wadi Kelt. However, private travelers have no problem getting there.
The Six Lookout was established in Kfar Adumim overlooking the Wadi Kelt and perpetuating the memory of the six victims.