Tall al Faras, Mountain summit in northern Israel

Tall al Faras is a dormant volcanic cone in the central Golan Heights, 929 m above sea level and about 180–200 m above its surroundings, with a base diameter of 1,100 m. Its summit is a scoria ash cone with a crater 200–300 m wide and 30–35 m deep. A military post stands on top, and quarries on the mountain have removed part of its flank.

Archaeological surveys on Mount Peres found pottery from the Middle and Late Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Early and Late Roman periods and the Byzantine period. In the 20th century the hill became a military position: on 26 June 1970 Major Yohanan Zohar fell at Tall al-Faras, and the IDF commemorated him by naming the site Tel Zohar. Since September 1974 Kibbutz Merom Golan has quarried scoria on the mountain.

The place is known by two names reflecting the communities in the area: Hebrew speakers call it Har Peres while Arabic speakers use Tall al Faras. Both names show how different groups have long been part of this landscape.

A military post occupies the summit, so the crater itself is not open to visitors; the mountain lies inside the Har Peres nature reserve. Quarries on the mountain have worked scoria since September 1974 for Marom Golan kibbutz, and much of the cone has been removed, so the ground is cut and uneven. The wind turbines of the Ruach Bereshit project stand nearby.

The mountain's Hebrew name, Tel Zohar, commemorates Major Yohanan Zohar, killed at Tel Peres on 26 June 1970. A military post stands on the summit, and since September 1974 Kibbutz Merom Golan has quarried and crushed scoria here, removing a large part of the hill for insulation, blocks and road base.