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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

declassified testimony from Agranat Commission

A IDF Sho't Kal (Centurion) tank is seen driving in the northern Golan Heights on October 11, 1973, during a counterattack by the 7th Brigade or 179th Brigade during the Yom Kippur War. (Avraham Vered/Defense Ministry Archives)
May 28, 2023, 4:00 pm
‘Egypt, Syria are coordinating’: IDF estimates on eve of Yom Kippur War declassified
New Defense Ministry website with over 20,000 files includes previously unseen intelligence assessments, diaries of SIGINT commander, eyewitness accounts of fall of Hermon outpost
By Emanuel Fabian
The Mount Herzl grave of an Israeli soldier killed during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. (photo credit: Michal Fattal/Flash90)
September 13, 2013, 1:47 pm
Yom Kippur, then and now
As Israel marks 40 years since its traumatic war, all eyes are on Syria and its chemical weapons
By Aaron Kalman
Prime minister Golda Meir and cabinet members visiting the southern command, October 29, 1973. (Photo Credit: GPO/Yehuda Tzion)
September 12, 2013, 4:00 pm
Golda Meir: ‘My heart was drawn to a preemptive strike, but I was scared’
Israel finally releases the late prime minister’s testimony before the Agranat Commission on her handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in which 2,500 Israelis lost their lives
By Mitch Ginsburg
Divisional commander Ariel Sharon consulting with Lt. Gen. Chaim Bar-Lev and other officers on the southern front (Photo credit: GPO/ Flash 90)
October 24, 2012, 6:04 pm
Egypt’s Sadat is ‘not worth tomatoes,’ reservist professor assured Israel’s military intelligence before 1973 war
39 years after Yom Kippur War ends, newly released material shows more Israeli blunders, but also indicates that Syria could have held the Golan Heights but for an elementary mistake
By Mitch Ginsburg
A wrecked Israeli tank during the early days of the Yom Kippur War (Wikimedia Commons)
September 21, 2012, 2:00 am
Yom Kippur War revelations underline gravity of Iran dilemma facing Israel today
Testimonies from 1973 declassified on Thursday show decision-makers’ staggering incompetence and arrogance. Israelis can only hope lessons were truly learned
By Mitch Ginsburg
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