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Then-defense minister Moshe Dayan makes a speech during the 1973 Yom Kippur War in an undated photograph. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Defense Ministry Archive)

Yom Kippur War: 50 years

Did Moshe Dayan secretly want to die on the front lines during the Yom Kippur War?

By Abraham Rabinovich

Reports of seemingly reckless visits to the battlefield and a rumored mental breakdown in the war’s early days may cast light on the defense minister’s feelings of responsibility

Then-defense minister Moshe Dayan makes a speech during the 1973 Yom Kippur War in an undated photograph. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Defense Ministry Archive)

Yom Kippur War: 50 years

Did Moshe Dayan secretly want to die on the front lines during the Yom Kippur War?

By Abraham Rabinovich

Reports of seemingly reckless visits to the battlefield and a rumored mental breakdown in the war’s early days may cast light on the defense minister’s feelings of responsibility

File: Israeli soldiers seen near an IDF tank stationed near the Gaza border on April 7, 2023 (Flash90)

IDF reinforces troops on Gaza border as violence rises; arson balloons spark fires

Military sends another battalion to frontier region, defense minister tours border; firefighters bring three blazes under control

Masked Gazans prepare to launch fire-sparking balloons toward Israel in the Gaza Strip, September 23, 2023 (Palestinian social media)

IDF hits Gaza Hamas post after border rioting that included gunfire at troops

Firefighters work to extinguish fires set by incendiary balloons launched from the Gaza Strip, setting vegetation ablaze near the Israel-Gaza border, September 22, 2023.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

IDF strikes Hamas posts in Gaza after incendiary balloons spark brushfires in south

By Emanuel Fabian

A view of Birzeit University, north of Ramallah (YouTube screenshot)

Israel arrests 8 Palestinian students suspected of planning terror attack

In Beirut, leaders of Hamas, PIJ and PFLP agree to ‘escalate’ fight against Israel; 3 shootings at Israeli West Bank targets cause no casualties

The Palestinian city Tulkarem, situated on the western edge of northern West Bank, on July 18, 2018. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Two Palestinians killed in exchanges of fire during IDF operation near Tulkarem

A largely empty departure hall at Ben Gurion Airport as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his delegation arrived back in Israel following a six-day visit to the US, September 24, 2023. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

Netanyahu lands back in Israel at largely empty airport shortly ahead of Yom Kippur

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

On flight home, PM hails ‘many achievements’ on trip that saw Saudi peace hopes grow, promises more ‘good news’; was dogged by protesters on entire US trip but none seen at airport

Protesters gather in New York on September 23, 2023, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's convoy departs for the airport following the premier's six-day trip to the US. (Screenshot: X/Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Netanyahu wraps up US visit as protesters shout ‘shame’ at departing convoy in NY

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a hand gesture toward a protester shouting "Shame!" at him on a street in New York, September 22, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Netanyahu filmed making dismissive hand gestures toward protester in New York

Erel Margalit, owner of Jerusalem Venture Partners, holds a meeting of hi-tech entrepreneurs in New York, September 21, 2023. (Tal Schneider/Times of Israel)

Anti-overhaul activists meet NY tech leaders: ‘We’re facing a protracted campaign’

By Tal Schneider

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