The earlier attack — which launched Arab-Israeli War, also called the Yom Kippur War — was led by Egyptian and Syrian forces. The name Yom Kippur War refers to the surprise attack, which ...

An estimated 2,700 Israelis, 3,500 Syrians and 15,000 Egyptians were killed in the Yom Kippur war, ... With Israel poised to wipe out Egypt's troops or storm Damascus, ...

On the eve of the Yom Kippur war, Dovi, one of Marwan's handlers, told his bosses at Mossad that their mole in the Egyptian state demanded an immediate meeting between 4-5 October.

Kan reports that the Egyptian Defense Ministry has published a series of documents, entitled ‘War Secrets’, dealing with the preparations for the Yom Kippur War. According to the report, the ...

The Yom Kippur War served as debut of religious units of soldiers - comment It is even more difficult to distill the religious meaning of this war. By MOSHE TARAGIN OCTOBER 6, 2023 05:08 ...

The Defense Ministry on Sunday launched a website hosting dozens of newly declassified documents, images, videos and other files from the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in honor of the conflict’s 50th ...

Abraham Rabinovich, author of The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East, describes the Yom Kippur War as both “the greatest military victory Israel has ever had ...

The Yom Kippur War, which lasted until October 24, was not the rout Egypt and Syria had hoped for. Instead, after many initial missteps, Israel was able to repulse the invading armies.

This month is the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War—a coordinated, surprise attack by Egypt and Syria on Israel on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The war lasted 18 days ...

On Sept. 22, 2005, Israel completed its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. It did not take someone with the power of an Old Testament prophet to predict what would come next.

People look for names of fallen soldiers before a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur war at the Armored Corps memorial site in Latrun, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 27 ...