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Six Day War

In this photo provided by the Department of Defense, the US, Navy technical research ship USS Liberty AGTR-5 makes a turn during an attack on it by Israeli torpedo boats, June 8, 1967. (AP Photo/US Navy)
June 9, 2026, 11:37 am
Anti-Israel Massie calls for USS Liberty probe, elevating conspiracy to US House floor
Outgoing Republican rep for Kentucky suggests sinking of spy ship in 1967, which US and Israel found to be tragic accident, was ‘intentional murder’
By Grace Gilson
A photo of the Western Wall from the 1920s (AO Freedman)
June 5, 2026, 1:27 am
Tower of David Museum wants your old Western Wall photos
Request for people to search for images comes as Jerusalem institution prepares 2027 exhibit for 60th anniversary of city’s reunification following 1967 Six Day War
By Jessica Steinberg
Writer Judy Lev, author of 'Bethlehem Road,' 12 short stories about life in Jerusalem's Baka neighborhood. (Courtesy)
January 23, 2026, 8:15 am
‘New immigrant’ since 1967 pens ode to Jerusalem’s Baka neighborhood in anthology
Author Judy Lev brings her former haunt of nearly 40 years to life in ‘Bethlehem Road,’ with 12 vibrant tales that transcend time — but not place
By Jessica Steinberg
Brig. Gen. (res.) Giora Even Epstein (IDF)
July 19, 2025, 5:11 pm
‘Ace of aces’: Giora Even Epstein, Israel’s most decorated fighter pilot, dies aged 87
‘Hawkeye’ Epstein was the world’s top fighter jet pilot of the supersonic era, shot down 17 Egyptian aircraft during his IAF career
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Anti-Israel socialist protesters in New York City, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
July 18, 2025, 9:56 pm
Why are US socialists so anti-Israel? Scholar lays out Soviet roots of anti-Zionist rhetoric
Izabella Tabarovsky, a researcher of antisemitism in the USSR, argues far-left rhetoric in the US is an outgrowth of a propaganda effort dating back to the 1960s
By Luke Tress
In this undated 1969 photo, Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser, left, is seen with Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gaddafi, in Suez, Egypt. (AP Photo/ Farouk Ibrahim)
April 29, 2025, 8:06 pm
Egypt’s Nasser said in 1970 he had ‘no interest’ in Palestinian cause, recording reveals
Audio released by Nasser’s son of conversation with Libya’s Gaddafi said to raise questions among president’s critics over his publicly militant persona
By Lazar Berman and AFP
A couch sits at a heavily damaged building along Saftawi street in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on February 5, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
February 5, 2025, 9:18 pm
Trump’s call for US ‘ownership’ of Gaza draws attention to Strip’s tumultuous history
Enclave’s recent past has been marked by conflict, from Egyptian military rule to IDF capture, the Oslo Accords to Hamas coup that ejected PA, the October 7 attack and subsequent war
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Author Haim Be'er at his home in Ramat Gan, October 6, 2024. (Tamar Mor Sela)
October 20, 2024, 7:05 am
Haim Be’er believes, in perfect faith, that change is coming for Israel, but it may tarry
Despite eulogizing Zionism, the 79-year-old literary icon urges public to transcend social divides between right and left, religious and secular, and acknowledge limitations of power
By Tamar Mor Sela
Then-IDF Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Yeshayahu 'Shaike' Gavish seen on June 13, 1967. (CC BY-SA, GPO via Wikipedia)
October 3, 2024, 5:57 pm
Yeshayahu Gavish, Six Day War general who captured the Sinai, dies at 99
Known as ‘Shaike,’ Palmach alum was last living senior commander from 1967 war, where he led massive Sinai battle; felt Paratroopers ‘stole the show’ with conquest of Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
'Jerusalem on Earth' by Abraham Rabinovich (Courtesy)
September 23, 2024, 2:52 am
Rediscovering Jerusalem: Journalist releases new edition of Six Day War-era book
Abraham Rabinovich’s updated book offers new insights and photographs, capturing Jerusalem’s transformation and enduring tensions since 1967
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Identification document of Fawzi Muhammad Abdel Mawla, located along with the 22-year-old soldier's remains in the Sinai Peninsula, where he is thought to have been killed in June 1967, when the Egyptian army retreated westward on the third day of the Six Day War. (Sinai Foundation for Human Rights)
July 7, 2024, 9:44 am
Remains of Egyptian soldier missing since 1967 Six Day War found in Sinai
Human rights group urges Egyptian public and government to help locate family of 22-year-old Fawzi Muhammad Abdel Mawla, likely killed in retreat from Sinai on war’s 3rd day
By ToI Staff
The iconic Rubinger photo of three paratroopers standing at the recaptured Western Wall in June 1967. From left: Tzion Karasenti, Yitzhak Yifat and Chaim Oshri (David Rubinger/GPO)
July 6, 2024, 7:20 pm
Yitzhak Yifat, paratrooper at center of iconic Six Day War photo, dies at 81
Immortalized at newly captured Western Wall, Yifat and fellow soldiers Zion Karasenti and Haim Oshri became powerful symbol of one of most significant moments in Israeli history
By ToI Staff
The iconic Rubinger photo of three paratroopers standing at the recaptured Western Wall in June 1967. From left: Tzion Karasenti, Yitzhak Yifat and Chaim Oshri (David Rubinger/GPO)
February 11, 2024, 7:57 pm
Solomonic ruling: 2 paratroopers can claim single spot in iconic Six Day War image
The leftmost soldier in the 1967 photo of paratroopers at the Western Wall has been identified as both Zion Karasenti and Abraham Bornstein; a Tel Aviv court upholds both claims
By Jeremy Sharon
Israeli premier Golda Meir, during a press conference at the Israeli embassy in Rome, Italy, on January 15, 1973. (AP Photo/ Giuseppe Anastasi)
July 31, 2023, 10:56 pm
Declassified protocols indicate Golda Meir considered Palestinian statehood
Documents show that former prime minister gave serious thought to possibility of formation of a Palestinian entity, despite public comments
By ToI Staff
In this June 8, 1967 file photo a man lends prayer shawls and phylacteries to Israeli soldiers praying at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, one day after its capture from the Jordanians during the Six-Day War. (AP Photo, File)
May 16, 2023, 8:29 am
Upcoming movie ‘Jerusalem 67’ to chronicle Six Day War
‘Jane the Virgin’ actress Yael Grobglas reportedly in advanced talks to star in film to be directed by Oded Raz, set to shoot in Israel from August
By Gabe Friedman
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