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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Egyptian soldiers who fell in Israel’s Independence War commemorated
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli and Egyptian officials commemorated the Egyptian soldiers who fell in battle during Israel’s Independence War in 1948-9 as part of Egypt’s invasion force.
The ceremony, held at the “Ad Halom” — “No farther” — memorial in Ashdod, was joined by Egypt’s ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat, as well as IDF and Israeli Foreign Ministry officials.
The memorial was established in 1989 as part of the implementation of the Israel-Egyptian peace treaty.
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