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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

Yom Kippur War

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What Matters Now to Israel Story’s Mitch Ginsburg: A 1973 exodus from Egypt
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
ToI’s former military reporter brings us a full episode of ‘The Hebrew Hobbit,’ the journey of Israeli POWs who went there and back again before their release after the Yom Kippur War
An undated photo of the POW group who together translated 'The Hobbit' into Hebrew prior to their release from an Egyptian prison in November 1973. (courtesy)
April 16, 2025, 9:44 pm
What Matters Now to Israel Story’s Mitch Ginsburg: A 1973 exodus from Egypt
ToI’s former military reporter brings us a full episode of ‘The Hebrew Hobbit,’ the journey of Israeli POWs who went there and back again before their release after the Yom Kippur War
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Yom Kippur War veteran Eyal Yaffe arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, March 29, 2025, after he was arrested on suspicion of harassing a border policewoman during a protest in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 30, 2025, 1:25 pm
Protester remanded in custody on suspicion of ‘indecent act’ against female cop
Police find several illegal weapons dating to 1970s at home of Eyal Yaffe, whose lawyer says they’re ‘family mementos,’ unconnected to client’s protest activism
By ToI Staff
The rotor head of an IAF helicopter that crashed in Syria on April 27, 1974, is recovered by Israeli troops, in a handout photo issued on December 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 23, 2024, 1:15 pm
IDF troops in Syria find part of Israeli helicopter that crashed in 1974
Rotor head of Super Frelon chopper involved in Yom Kippur War crash recovered, 50 years after all six crew members were killed during rescue mission
By Emanuel Fabian
Yitzhak Rabin, left, and Shimon Peres, right, going to voting room in Tel Aviv on April 22, 1974 before Labor Party central committee chose Rabin over Peres to form a new government. (AP Photo/Nash)
November 13, 2024, 7:10 pm
In newly released 1974 recording, Rabin pushes for diplomacy alongside military power
On Hebrew anniversary of assassination, Defense Ministry releases audio from IDF meeting in which late PM says calm cannot be achieved through war alone
By ToI Staff
Author Haim Be'er at his home in Ramat Gan, October 6, 2024. (Tamar Mor Sela)
October 20, 2024, 7:05 am
Haim Be’er believes, in perfect faith, that change is coming for Israel, but it may tarry
Despite eulogizing Zionism, the 79-year-old literary icon urges public to transcend social divides between right and left, religious and secular, and acknowledge limitations of power
By Tamar Mor Sela
The empty streets in Tel Aviv, on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. October 11, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
October 11, 2024, 7:30 pm
Israel, on high alert, marks Yom Kippur amid war for first time since 1973
Israel shuts down for Holy Day, but residents urged to employ special alert systems in place; 120 rockets fired at start of holiday; war-zone soldiers instructed not to fast
By ToI Staff
Aharona Sadan. (Dafna Talmon)
May 20, 2024, 1:07 am
Uprooted: Aharona Sadan, 77, from Kibbutz Dafna. This is her story
Aharona Sadan, retired mother of four who evacuated to Givatayim and Tiberias before returning to Dafna ● This is her story
By Tamar Mor Sela
Amnon Sharon painting some of his clay sculptures depicting the torture he underwent as a prisoner of war in Syria, October 1973-June 1974. (Courtesy of Israel Disabled Veterans Organization)
March 18, 2024, 3:39 pm
Israeli survivor of captivity and torture in Syria exorcises his demons by sculpting clay
Former Yom Kippur War prisoner of war Amnon Sharon shares his experiences living ‘alongside PTSD,’ criticizes public activism for release of hostages in Gaza
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Zvi Zamir speaks at a memorial service marking 21 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 4, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2024, 9:07 am
Zvi Zamir, the man who sounded the alarm in 1973, is dead at 98
As Mossad chief, Zamir spearheaded the post-Munich campaign against Palestinian terror in Europe and warned, at the midnight hour, that the Yom Kippur War was breaking out
By Mitch Ginsburg
An 'Eretz Nehederet' skit on November 21, 2023, with Mariano Idelman as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Yuval Semo as former prime minister Golda Meir (Courtesy)
November 24, 2023, 8:30 am
‘Your debacle has eclipsed mine’: Golda’s ghost haunts PM in satire skit
‘Eretz Nehederet’ depicts ex-PM, seen as responsible for Yom Kippur War, thanking Netanyahu for replacing her as premier most associated with worst intel failure in Israeli history
By Jessica Steinberg
A man speaking Arabic, apparently a Palestinian reporter, as he delivers a journalistic overview of the takeover of Kibbutz Be'eri by terrorists from Gaza on October 7, 2023. (Screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
October 8, 2023, 5:52 am
Kibbutz Be’eri bloodbath reminds Israelis of fears and fortitude from 1948
The ease with which Hamas controlled the community for 17 hours made many appreciate both locals’ resolve and their country’s vulnerability
By Canaan Lidor
Yom Kippur War veterans Roni Mansur (in white) and Moshe Kahalani walk toward the tank Mansur fought in during the first day of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, September 13, 2023 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
October 6, 2023, 8:43 pm
On battle-scarred Golan, memories of a desperate fight still fresh after 50 years
Tank crewmen who slowed the Syrian onslaught on day one of Yom Kippur War take The Times of Israel to their tanks, and vent frustration with fellow vets protesting judicial reforms
By Lazar Berman
Efraim and Shoshi Zinger in Israel after his release from Syrian prison in 1974. (Courtesy)
October 6, 2023, 4:35 pm
In an unusual love story, a hopeless optimist recalls surviving Syrian captivity
Efraim Zinger’s prison diary and his would-be wife’s journal serve as the basis for a new book about a family’s triumph over their Yom Kippur War trauma
By Canaan Lidor
Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar salutes at the funeral of Giora Romm, a former deputy commander of theI IAF, at Savyon cemetery in central Israel, August 13, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 5, 2023, 9:54 am
As reserve pilots protest overhaul, air force chief says trust key to success in war
In letter marking 50 years since Yom Kippur War, Tomer Bar says soldiers who risk lives must know the country and leaders have their backs: ‘This principle must not be undermined!’
By ToI Staff
People attend a presentation of a recreated war scene while visiting the "6th of October War Panorama" museum and memorial of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War in Cairo, Egypt, on October 1, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI/AFP)
October 1, 2023, 7:06 pm
‘Victory’ against Israel in 1973 war shaped Egypt but is now a fading memory
Current leader Sissi still uses conflict in effort to rally Egyptians, though figures show 85% of population was not alive at the time
By AFP and ToI Staff
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