…bat mission of the war, I found myself face-to-face with a distraught and determined friend from military intelligence. Yishai Izhar had arrived at Bren’s headquarters the day before. When he saw me, he’d asked to join my battalion. He was a brilliant electronics engineer and was...
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It was then, suddenly, that I saw Yishai had taken a bullet in the side of his neck. Blood was spurting from the wound. His face was contorted in pain. He looked at me, raising his hands upward, as if to say: “I did my best. It’s over now.” I pressed hard on the wound, trying to...
It was then, suddenly, that I saw Yishai had taken a bullet in the side of his neck. Blood was spurting from the wound. His face was contorted in pain. He looked at me, raising his hands upward, as if to say: “I did my best. It’s over now.” I pressed hard on the wound, trying to...
We were being hit by small-arms and RPG fire from all sides. On the turret of our tank, Yishai and I were firing back, our Uzis on automatic, and throwing grenades. I could hear bullets pinging off the turret and the body of the tank. Then, from our far right flank, came the shou...
We were being hit by small-arms and RPG fire from all sides. On the turret of our tank, Yishai and I were firing back, our Uzis on automatic, and throwing grenades. I could hear bullets pinging off the turret and the body of the tank. Then, from our far right flank, came the shou...
… and many others wounded. I’d led around 130 people into battle. More than 35 were injured. Eleven were dead, including Yishai Izhar and Motti Ben-Dror, our medical officer, killed while treating the wounded. One of our missing soldiers was found alive. The other two could only b...
… Base across the canal. When an Egyptian RPG hit their Jeep, Amiram was wounded. Amitai was killed. I thought, too, of Yishai Izhar: the friend struck down beside me, who I’d cradled in my arms on the top of my tank, trying to stop the bleeding. “Oh Ehud,” Nava said. “It’s like...
…an we did: 54 to 52. There were several consolations as I prepared to fly out from Ben-Gurion airport. Shas leader Eli Yishai passed me an envelope on the tarmac. Inside was a note from Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, the Shas spiritual leader whom I’d met with privately after the election...
… Base across the canal. When an Egyptian RPG hit their Jeep, Amiram was wounded. Amitai was killed. I thought, too, of Yishai Izhar: the friend struck down beside me, who I’d cradled in my arms on the top of my tank, trying to stop the bleeding. “Oh Ehud,” Nava said. “It’s like...
…an we did: 54 to 52. There were several consolations as I prepared to fly out from Ben-Gurion airport. Shas leader Eli Yishai passed me an envelope on the tarmac. Inside was a note from Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, the Shas spiritual leader whom I’d met with privately after the election...
… and many others wounded. I’d led around 130 people into battle. More than 35 were injured. Eleven were dead, including Yishai Izhar and Motti Ben-Dror, our medical officer, killed while treating the wounded. One of our missing soldiers was found alive. The other two could only b...