tower and the pipeline. But when we reached the site of the underground communications cable, the mission literally ran into the ground. We dug for more than two hours, but still hadn’t found the cable, and our mail-order metal detector stubbornly refused to chirp out any sign of...
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going to happen soon, if only because the intelligence missions now required were going to be a lot tougher. Israel now had control of the entire Sinai and the Golan. To tap into enemy communications, we would have to push deeper inside Egypt and Syria. Soon after my return, we...
was always the principle of targeted force, the idea that we would take out targets, or defeat enemies, out of military necessity. But even on the first day of the war, it was clear that it would be by far the most consequential conflict in our country’s history. There was no mis...
Date: Thursday, July 26 2012 06:12 PM Subject: Re: press From: Jeffrey <[email protected]> To: Quiet Sorry for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone On Jul 26, 2012, at 2:08 PM, I told you I wasn't when you asked and then ignored me. What do you need? wrote: On Jul 26, 2012, at...
Tension began building in the north in the spring of 1967, initially set off by Syrian efforts to divert water from the upper reaches of the Jordan River, an important water source for Israel was well. In a series of exchanges, Syrian troops on the Golan fired on Israeli tractors...
my former deputy — was hundreds of miles away in the Sinai
including New York's Mount Sinai Hospital and Ballet
this game has been called Sinai’s billiards.
could see that a similar myopia, or denial, was affecting the armored corps. On patrol along the canal, I would sometimes see the hulk of an Israeli tank which had been destroyed by Soviet-made AT-3s. Known as Saggers, they were portable, allowing a single soldier to fire wire-gu...
but Egypt’s revolution and its reduced policing in the Sinai have had a profound effect.
was the importance of the Sinai operations themselves. I was confident
was an omission I regretted when he lost his life in the Sinai Desert a
from the Hebrew words for Sinai and the Heights
Israel captures the Sinai peninsula and Gaza
that you came back,” he said. ““We’Il need each and every one of you to get the job done.” Then he hugged me again. It was as if, knowing I would soon be heading for the front line, he wondered whether we’d see each other again. I made my way to the office that the chief of staf...