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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Gamal Abdel-Nasser

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
Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of Egypt, addresses a huge crowd gathered in Republic Square, Cairo, Feb. 22, 1958, from a balcony of the National Union building, after he was elected the first president of the United Arab Republic (AP Photo)
September 29, 2020, 5:34 am
Egypt’s Nasser still a polarizing figure, 50 years on
Known for his colloquial charisma and pan-Arab populism, but also his authoritarianism and questionable policies, former leader remains controversial
By MENNA ZAKI
Egyptians visit the tomb of Egypt's late president Gamal Abdel Nasser at his mausoleum in Cairo on September 28, 2020. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
September 29, 2020, 12:17 am
Egypt marks 50th anniversary of leader Nasser’s death
The country’s pan-Arabist president died of a heart attack aged 52; he ruled for 16 years and was succeeded by Sadat
By Antoinette Chalaby-Moualla
Burial plots at the historic Jewish cemetery in the Bassatine district in Cairo. (Courtesy)
February 12, 2020, 3:48 pm
US contributes to project aimed at conserving historic Jewish cemetery in Cairo
American Research Center in Egypt says work will focus on creating thorough documentation of the graveyard and putting together a site management plan
By Adam Rasgon
The Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue on December 20, 2019. (Egyptian Antiquities Ministry)
January 9, 2020, 6:42 am
Egypt set to reopen Alexandria synagogue Friday after extensive renovation
Jewish community leaders, Egyptian antiquities minister and diplomats are slated to attend Eliyahu Hanavi’s reopening following multi-million-dollar rehab
By Adam Rasgon
Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani touring the Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue on December 20, 2019. (Egyptian Antiquities Ministry)
December 23, 2019, 10:45 pm
Historic synagogue in Alexandria set to be reopened following major renovation
Eliyahu Hanavi shul is one of two remaining Jewish houses of worship in the coastal city, where only a few Jews live today; Jewish leaders originally from Egypt welcome move
By Adam Rasgon
This file photo taken on June 5, 1967 shows Israeli airforce Dassault Mirage III fighters flying over the Sinai Peninsula at the Israeli-Egyptian border on the first day of the Six Day War. (AFP)
June 5, 2018, 7:18 pm
Egypt radio announcer who claimed troops had reached Tel Aviv in 1967 dies
Ahmed Said told Egyptians their air force had downed dozens of Israeli jets; in fact, Israel had destroyed Nasser’s planes on the tarmac
By AP and ToI Staff
Yitzhak Rabin, center, as Chief of IDF General Staff, during the Six Day War, speaking with the commander of the southern front, Yeshayahu Gavish (Courtesy of Israel Defense Force Archive)
From the WebFebruary 4, 2017, 5:14 pm
When towering rivals Rabin and Nasser met for lunch – in Rabin’s own words
New documentary explores how a group of young Israeli and Egyptian officers put down their guns, ate lunch together, Reuters reports
Ariel Sharon, second from right, as commander of an armored division in the Sinai during the Six Day War (Courtesy Israel Defense Force Archive)
October 16, 2016, 11:32 am
Morocco tipped off Israeli intelligence, ‘helped Israel win Six Day War’
King Hassan ll sharpened Israel’s edge by providing secret recordings of Arab leadership discussions in run-up to war, says former military intelligence chief
By Sue Surkes
This file photo taken on February 6, 1999 shows Egyptian journalist Mohammad Hassenin Heikal (R) and comedian Adel Imam attending the funeral of Egyptian writer Lotfi al-Kholi, a leading promoter of peace with Israel. (AFP / AMR NABIL)
February 17, 2016, 6:58 pm
Veteran Egyptian journalist Heikal dies at 92
Former editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram was adviser to president Nasser, one of Arab world’s leading political commentators
By AFP
Yitzhak Rabin, center, as Chief of IDF General Staff, during the Six Day War, speaking with the commander of the southern front, Yeshayahu Gavish (Courtesy of Israel Defense Force Archive)
June 4, 2015, 5:09 pm
Revealed, the war before the Six Day War
Immediately before the resort to conflict, Israel’s top generals and politicians clashed over how to address the Arab threat, with distrust and disdain bursting into the open, newly released papers show
By Mitch Ginsburg
Defense Minister Pinchas Lavon, left, and IDF Chief of the General Staff Moshe Dayan, with Shimon Peres in the background, on February 8, 1953 (photo credit: GPO/ courtesy of IDF Archive in the Defense Ministry)
May 12, 2015, 3:32 am
New revelations in Lavon Affair raise more questions than they answer
IDF Archives releases intriguing new documents and protocols related to the criminal, covert plot to keep Britain in Egypt 60 years ago
By Mitch Ginsburg
Al-Jazeera's Egyptian journalist Abdullah Elshamy, center, appears in a defendants' cage along with several other defendants in a courthouse during a trial on terror charges in Cairo. Egypt’s Prosecutor General ordered release of Al-Jazeera journalist who has been on hunger strike for more than 100 days to protest his prolonged detention without trial. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam)
November 2, 2014, 3:55 pm
200 Egyptian journalists reject ‘voluntary surrender’ of freedoms
Statement comes after newspaper editors pledge to ban criticism of government
By Hamza Hendawi
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi reviews honor guards, April 24, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jim Watson/Pool)
March 4, 2014, 6:08 pm
Egypt’s el-Sissi gives new signs of presidential run
Military chief says he cannot ‘turn his back’ on nation when elections come along
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Sarah El Deeb
Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz (right), slipping the general's rank on Pundak's left shoulder. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's blog)
October 21, 2013, 3:09 pm
Israel’s newest general, 100 years old, finally heals his wounds
For two-thirds of his long life, Yitzhak Pundak battled to restore the reputation of the defenders of Kibbutz Nitzanim in the War of Independence. Finally, as he neared his centenary, he succeeded, and a promise by Moshe Dayan was honored at long last
By Mitch Ginsburg
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