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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

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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
Yaakov Nimrodi (L) with his son Ofer at the President's Conference held in Jerusalem on May 13, 2008. (FLASH90)
August 22, 2023, 10:04 am
Yaakov Nimrodi, Israel’s first military envoy to Iran, dies at 97
Baghdad native moved from Iraq to Mandatory Palestine shortly after birth, served in Haganah, Palmach, and took part in secret IDF operations, including first-ever targeted killing
By Michael Horovitz
A compass and other items from a 1948 War of Independence battle that have been found on Ha-Lamed Heh Battle Hill, April 2023. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
April 24, 2023, 2:59 pm
75 years on, newly found compass points to heart of 1948 battle where 35 troops died
Researchers also unearth bullet casings at site of famous Lamed Heh battle in War of Independence, shedding rare light on an incident from which there were no Palmach survivors
By Michael Bachner
The IDF has identified the remains of Yitzhak Rubenstein (left) and Binyamin Aryeh Eisenberg (right) who were previously listed as fallen soldiers whose remains are missing, October 7, 2022.(supplied)
October 7, 2022, 1:47 pm
After 74 years, IDF identifies remains of 2 soldiers killed in War of Independence
Military determines that Yitzhak Rubinstein and Binyamin Aryeh Eisenberg, who along with a third soldier were captured by Egyptian forces, are among those buried in mass grave
By Alexander Fulbright and Ash Obel
Rolf Eden arrives for the Cinema for Peace gala in Berlin, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
August 18, 2022, 9:32 am
Rolf Eden, German playboy who fought in Israel’s Independence War, dies at 92
The Jewish nightclub owner, born Rolf Sigmund Sostheim, fled Germany for Israel in 1933 but later returned to Berlin to become the city’s ‘king of nightlife’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seen through a plexiglass lectern in the court room of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, September 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)
May 14, 2021, 1:02 pm
ICC may probe current Israel-Gaza round of violence in war crimes investigation
Chief prosecutor Bensouda says court could look at ‘evolution of these events’ as part of ongoing probe of 2014 fighting and subsequent incidents
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a cermony in Sha’ar Hagai, marking 80 years since the formation of the Palmach, on April 9, 2021. (Ministry of Defense)
April 9, 2021, 4:26 pm
Israel submits formal response to ICC as Gantz slams ‘blind and unjust’ decision
Defense minister says he believes ‘truth will come to light,’ a day after the Jewish state decided to officially reject war crimes probe in a letter to Hague-based court
By ToI Staff
From left: Yaakov Stutsky, Yitzhak Mordecai, Haim Poznansky, Mordecai Franco. (Courtesy/Curator Beit Hapalmach)
April 28, 2020, 6:03 am
The shepherd, the pilot, the long-lost grave: 5 stories of Israel’s 1948 fallen
Hundreds of Jews died in the fight for Jerusalem, including teenage immigrants and seasoned veterans; today, monuments and battle sites remain outside the capital
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Mordo and Ella Ben-David. (Courtesy)
May 18, 2019, 9:00 am
1948 battlefield love story unfolds in forgotten letters recovered by their son
A glimpse of Israel’s fight for independence through the eyes of two 20-something fighters, as their missives are found decades after their deaths by their children… including me
By Amir Ben-David
Matti Friedman’s newest book is 'Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel.' (Mary Anderson/Algonquin Books/via JTA)
March 9, 2019, 6:47 am
How Israel welcomed Jews from Arab lands — as spies
A new book tells the story of Palmach’s Arab Section, and its young Mizrahi Jewish agents who gained society’s respect through their ability to cross borders undetected
By Emily Burack
President Reuven Rivlin speaks in front of Haim Gouri's coffin outside the Jerusalem Theatre on February 1, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 1, 2018, 4:01 pm
Israelis pay final respects to war veteran, poet Haim Gouri
President Rivlin calls him ‘national poet of our time’; funeral procession travels through Jerusalem streets precedes burial
By ToI Staff
Veteran Israeli poet, novelist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Haim Gouri at his home in Jerusalem, July 6, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 31, 2018, 9:47 am
Haim Gouri, veteran Israeli war poet, dies at 94
Prolific writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, the dean of Palmach-era Hebrew verse, gave a voice to Israel’s pain and pride
By Raoul Wootliff
Slain tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi, assassinated by the PFLP in 2001. (Flash90)
April 12, 2017, 2:30 pm
Plan to rename war memorial for slain minister nixed
Independence War soldiers say Rehavam Ze‘evi, controversial general turned MK, was not part of 1948 battle for Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Chaim Stephenson in his studio. (Courtesy)
April 1, 2017, 4:39 am
Sculptor’s work on refugees takes on increased resonance in new London exhibit
Drawing on the Old Testament as inspiration, the late Chaim Stephenson crafted compassionate scenes of familial pain and drama
By Anne Joseph
Alon Tal
January 31, 2017, 1:04 pm
Alon Tal
How the heroes have fallen
The passing of Yair Akov at 91 signals the end of a generation that paid a terrible price to ensure Israel’s survival
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