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I was chatting with other officers on the sayeret
Israel. But especially since the 1956 war
would give us an essential edge. But in truth
was the importance of the Sinai operations themselves. I was confident
and seemed uncomfortable in making eye contact. Yet once he
I was invited to see Yitzhak Rabin ten days later.
the command post in the Negev was receiving the first
secured the cart and took off. Within a minute
I suddenly saw the outline of the landing gear and then the underbelly. But
they glued on real tire tread from one of the Egyptian
which would surely raise the suspicions of the Egyptians.
small enough to get in the door of the helicopter
a colonel from his personnel section said: “Why not
he brought along his entire staff. When I raised my concern
we conducted a series of run-throughs in which we simulated
setbacks and frustrations as well. Many months
in a nighttime exercise to see whether we could avoid detection by
” he said. “And I want you and your team to do it.”
cover our tracks and get out again in one piece. “Still