The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War
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Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), 294
Palmach, 40, 54, 64, 119, 127, 134, 204
Palmachim, 145
Palsar Seven company, 18–21
pan-Arabism, 5
Pancho’s, 112
Paratroop Battalion 28, 49, 64, 267, 268, 275, 276, 279, 282, 286, 288–91, 298, 301, 317
Paratroop Battalion 66, 267, 277, 290, 291, 298, 307, 311
Paratroop Battalion 71, 4, 6–7, 8, 23, 35, 68, 91, 248, 273, 279–91, 298–305, 306–11, 307, 316–28, 320, 322
“A” Company, 255–61, 269, 270, 271, 284, 286, 289, 300–301, 303, 308, 309, 316–27, 319, 386, 388
“B” Company, 269, 270, 271, 275, 276, 285, 286, 299–300, 307, 308
“C” Company, 284, 285, 286
Paratroop Battalion 890, 49, 68, 69–71, 73, 92–94
Paratroop Brigade 35, 1, 3, 120, 203, 207, 212, 240
Paratroop Brigade 55, 210, 245, 247, 262, 266–72, 304, 309, 324
Paratroop Brigade 80, 203–4, 225
Paratroop Brigade 202, 49, 86
paratroopers, 7, 21, 61, 62, 82, 151, 247, 347, 364, 376, 379
bus transport for, 255–58, 261, 267, 275–76
combat jumps as goal for, 91, 248–50, 255–56, 262
in Six Day War, 203–6, 224–29, 255–61, 266–72, 273–78, 279–91, 294–95, 296, 298–305, 349, 350, 354–56, 363, 392
training and rehearsals for, 8, 249
weapons element of, 276
see also specific individuals and units
Parker Memorial, 93
Parnes, Ze’ev, 322
Pasha, Azzam, 5
Passover seder, 245
Patton tanks, 22, 127, 153, 175, 178, 179, 186, 187, 199, 209, 220, 256, 263, 301, 315, 339–40, 341, 342
Peled, Moshe, 274, 284
Perry, Moshe, 236, 372, 404
“phantom divisions,” 209
Phantoms, 16
photojournalism, 179
pikud (command), 152
“Pit, the,” 143, 151, 346, 347
Plugat Siyur (reconnaissance company), 19
poetry, Israeli, 99
Point 68, 340, 341, 341, 343
Point 181, 225–26
poison gas, 115
Polak, Michael, 403
Poriya, 348, 355, 356
prayer, 95, 233, 247, 336, 387
at Western Wall, 327
prayer cards, 231
Pressburger, Shmulik, 233
Prigat, Layzik, 163, 164, 165, 167
Promised Land, 206
propaganda, Arab, 4–5, 8, 9, 32–33, 332–33, 366
Psalm 137, 388
Rabin, Yitzhak, 19, 30, 49, 56, 87, 127, 143, 151, 268, 292, 310, 336, 362, 363, 376, 378, 395
assassination of, 197
as idealist, 58–59
and Moked, 134–36, 143, 151
Rachel of Kibbutz Kinneret, 99
radio:
Arab propaganda on, 4–5, 8, 9, 32–33, 208, 248–49
Eshkol’s address on, 12, 13, 17, 26, 29–30, 33, 34–35
Gorodish’s speech on, 369
IDF, 364
Israeli, 4
Nasser’s speech on, 62
Radio Amman, 263
Radio Cairo, 62, 208, 248
radio communication, 182
Radio Damascus, 33
Radio Israel, 248–49
radio silence, in Moked, 108, 112, 142–44, 146, 150
Rafiah Junction, 2, 19, 21–22, 118, 176–77, 185, 188–91, 191, 192–93, 200, 207–9, 212–14, 231, 232
Rafi party, 126
Ramat David Air Base, 16, 133, 136, 139, 144, 153, 262, 352, 353
Ramat Gan, 389
Ramat Yohanan, 54–55, 129, 208
Ramla, 50, 81
“ratlines,” 40
Reali School, 14
reconnaissance:
mission of, 182, 201–2
role of, 18–22, 61, 93–94, 149, 223, 268, 284, 300–301, 335
training for, 21
vulnerability of, 182–83, 193–202, 214–15, 219
see also 7th Armored Brigade, Reconnaissance Company of
Red Rock Hotel, 347
Rehavia, 266
Rehovot, 68, 140
Reineets, Menachem, 285
Remez, David, 46
reprisal, Operation Black Arrow as, 68–74, 94
reserves, Israeli:
mobilization of, 6–7, 9, 20, 25, 29, 32, 35, 60, 120, 247
older soldiers in, 19, 20
proven expertise of, 268
in Six Day war, 251, 263, 266, 368
Revivim, 115
Riad, Abdel Moneim, 127, 209, 262–63
rifles, recoilless, 287–88, 306, 308
Rikovitz, Eli, 18–20, 21, 182, 214, 404
in aftermath of Six Day War, 368–71, 370
in Six Day War Recon, 177–78, 181, 185, 188–90, 192–96, 200, 202, 213–19, 236–40, 338–45, 364
Rockefeller Museum, 267, 276, 286, 287, 291, 298–300, 302, 308, 316
Roman Palaestina, 141
Rome, 40, 41
Romm, Assaf, 156
Romm, Giora, 13–17, 20, 34, 156
in Moked, 111–12, 133, 136, 138–39, 150–51, 153–56, 163, 164–67
in Six Day War, 352, 353
Romm, Yuval, 156
Ron, Benny, 277–78, 306, 308, 311, 327
Ronen, Heruta, 14, 17, 138
Ronen, Orit, 138
Ronen, Ran, 13–14, 34, 170, 352, 354
in Moked, 133–38, 141–48, 150, 157, 159–61, 163, 164, 167–71
Ronen, Zohar, 138
Rosenberg, Chen, 372, 403
Rostow, Eugene, 128
Rostow, Walt, 128
Rotberg, Roy, M. Dayan’s eulogy for, 383–85
Royal Jordanian Air Force, 161, 262, 292
Rozen, Reuven, 112, 133, 159, 164
Rubenfeld, Milt, 42
Rubinger, David, 327–28
runways, as targets of total war, 104–6
Rusk, Dean, 128, 334
Russia, 3, 99, 292
sabras, 33, 49, 129
Sadeh, Yitzhak, 49, 50, 54, 56–57, 73
Safed, 139
Sagee, Oded, 164, 166, 169
Said, Ali Ahmad, 32–33
Saikal, 164
Salmon, Avramik, 13, 112, 134, 136, 138, 150, 160–61, 168, 352, 353
Samuel the Prophet Street (Shmuel Hanavi), 272, 273–78, 291
Sanhedria, 84–85, 278
Sataf, 65
Saudi Arabia, 24, 293
in support of Egypt, 24, 62, 128, 209, 333
sayeret (reconnaissance outfit), 61
Sayeret Matkal, IDF, 1, 21, 29, 87–89, 88, 207, 225, 300–301, 394, 395
sayerim (reconnaissance troopers), 61
Schleifer, Abdallah (formerly Mark), 324
Schneller Camp, 258, 266
Schutzer, Bernice, 179
Schutzer, Paul, 179
Schwimmer, Al, 41, 45, 46
Scopus, Mount (Har HaTsofim), 260, 261, 263, 264, 267, 270, 273, 277, 285, 295, 307, 309, 320, 374
secrecy, 87, 92, 110, 133, 136, 137, 150
Segev, Itzhak, 357
Sela, Elhanan, 29
Sephardim, 88
7th Armored Brigade (Hativa Sheva), 115–18, 117, 119–21, 241
casualties of, 184, 197, 199, 200–201, 208–9, 217–18, 222, 238–40, 242, 368–72, 403–4
in Six Day War, 175–91, 192–202, 212–13, 213, 219–22, 240–42, 364
7th Armored Brigade, Battalion 79, 184–86, 190, 21
2–13, 219–20, 220, 222, 341, 342
7th Armored Brigade, Battalion 82, 186, 189, 190, 192–93, 198, 201–2, 212, 213, 214, 217–18, 236, 237, 342
7th Armored Brigade, Reconnaissance Company of, 34, 206, 208, 341, 364
in aftermath of Six Day War, 368–72
casualties of, 184, 208–9, 217–18, 368–72, 403–4
decorations for valor of, 18, 404
under fire, 192–202, 217–18
as Ghost Company, 368–72
in Moked, 149
in readiness for war, 18–22
in Six Day War ground combat, 175, 176, 177–79, 181–91, 212–19, 222–23, 236–42, 338–45, 364
77th Indian Infantry Brigade (Chindits force), 79
Shadmi, Yissachar “Yiska,” 29
Shalit, Malka, 257
Shalit, Meir, 257–58, 276, 285, 300, 302, 307–8
Shapira, Danny, 27, 109–11, 139
Sharm el-Sheikh, 24, 80, 247, 354
Sharon, Ariel “Arik,” 10–11, 35, 49, 73, 98, 122, 230, 248, 374, 378, 391
battle strategy of, 229–31
as commander of Black Arrow, 68–74, 72, 94
as commander of “the Unit” (IDF), 64–67, 230, 268
command philosophy of, 62–63, 227–28
conflict between M. Dayan and, 61, 93, 96, 205
esteem for, 66–67, 72–73, 204, 230–31
as prime minister, 367
in Sinai Campaign, 86, 92–94, 96
in Six Day War, 61–63, 76, 148–49, 203–6, 224, 225, 229–32, 235, 251, 264, 296, 331, 335–37, 342, 345, 365, 373, 391
in War of Independence, 50
wounding of, 205
Sharon, Lily, 123, 149
Sharon Plain, 35
Sha’yish, 161, 167
Shazli, Saad, 18
Shazli Force, 18, 241, 331, 335
Shechter, Avremale, 318, 325, 326–27, 326
Shefer, Shmuel, 133–35, 393
Sheikh Jerrah, 267, 269, 278
Sheikh Zouaid, 177, 200, 201, 212, 213, 214, 215, 219
Shelach, Udi, 164, 166, 167, 170, 200
shelter halves, 8
Sherut Yediot (Shai; Intelligence Service), 139
shikun, 269
Shivta, 60
shlita, 152
Shmul, Menahem (father), 140
murder of, 139–40, 162, 170, 354
Shmul, Menahem “Hemi” (son), 133, 136, 138, 139–41, 150, 160–67, 162, 169–71, 353
Shmul, Yaakov, 354
Shochat, Yigal, 352
shochet (kosher butcher), 242
shofar, blown at Western Wall, 327–28, 328, 393
Shoval, Menachem, 20–22, 178–79, 193, 200–201, 201, 213–14, 216–18, 338–40, 368–72
Shoval, Moti, 178, 219, 221
Shoval, Zalman, 53–55, 382
Simchoni, Asaf, 73
Sinai Campaign (Operation Kadesh; 1956), 11, 13, 111, 266
Cheetah Cohen in, 84–90
Israel’s enforced withdrawal after, 23, 97–100, 103, 295
Israel’s victory in, 96, 99–100, 378
M. Dayan in, 27, 80–83, 130
Mitla Pass in, 91–96
Sinai Desert:
Egyptian incursions into, 23–24
ground war map of, 211
Israeli advance during Six Day War, 127–28, 149, 151, 163, 175–242, 248, 256, 262, 269, 292, 296, 298, 331–34, 335, 338–45, 348–49, 368, 391
Jiradi Pass in, 212–23, 314
in prelude to war, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 16, 17, 18–19, 29, 61–62, 115, 122
Sion, Dov, 35, 61–63, 122–23, 149, 232, 335–37
marriage of, 373–74
Sivron, Rafi:
as Moked planner, 103–9, 111–14, 143–44, 151–53, 246
in Six Day War, 347, 349–51, 354–58
Sivron, Tomer, 114
Six Day War (1967):
aftermath and legacy of, 315, 361–96
in the air, 133–71
Arab compared to Israeli military strength in, 127–28, 151
camps in, 60–61, 63
cease-fire in, 209, 249, 310, 333
delays in onset of, 8, 18, 19, 26, 60–63, 129
dilemma of attacking sacred sites in, 268–69
in Egypt, 3, 144–48
Egyptian losses in, 163, 207
end of, 358, 368, 391, 392
first day of, 3
global consequences of, 263–65
on the ground, 175–242
as imminent, 2, 60–63, 77, 116–18, 120, 124, 127–30, 134, 136
indecision and uncertainty about, 21, 26, 29, 33, 35, 60, 76, 120, 128
as inevitable, 103, 312–13
international diplomacy in, 333–34
Israeli losses in, 207
Jerusalem in, 245–328
Jiradi Pass in, 214–23, 220, 222, 231, 237, 238, 239, 242, 314
Jordan in, 153, 163
momentum of events in, 242, 262–65, 295
objective of, 127
onset of, 130, 133–71, 175, 182, 207, 248, 251, 366
possible scenarios for, 294, 296–97
prelude to, 1–36, 75–79, 80–83, 247, 263, 293, 347, 366, 375, 376
preparation for, 103–30
readiness for, 61, 62, 123–24, 138, 149
resolution for, 129
roots of, 91, 96, 100
seventh day of, 357–58
in Sinai, 3, 127, 128, 151, 175–242
total war strategy of, see Moked, Operation
60th Armored Brigade, 120, 342
Snir, Asher, 133, 163, 164, 167, 168
Sof haolam smolah, 257
Solomon, Great Temple of, 252
Soroka Hospital, 240
Soviet Union, 41, 110, 125, 126, 264, 294, 295, 356
alliance of Egypt, Syria, and, 5–6, 30, 153, 265, 364
Egyptian support from, 6, 17, 25, 80, 92, 99, 103, 128, 130, 229, 232, 249
linear military doctrine of, 228–29
in Sinai Campaign, 23, 100, 103, 295
and Six Day War, 209, 332–34
special forces, see Sayeret Matkal; Unit 101
Special Night Squads, 77–79
“Springboard,” 286
Squadron 101, IAF, 16, 109
Squadron 117, IAF, 16
Squadron 119, IAF, 13, 15, 20, 34, 113, 133–71, 353
Stalin tanks, 22, 177, 188, 203, 207
Standby Shack, 134
Stempel, Moshe, 247, 304, 309, 319–24, 322, 325, 388–90
Stirling, David, 77
strafing runs, 16, 25, 147–48, 158, 161–62, 166–67, 169
Sudan, 128, 333
Suez Canal, 29, 80, 93, 100, 127, 130, 135, 153, 242, 248, 345
nationalization of, 24, 82–83, 92
Six Day War advance to, 228, 240, 241, 263, 292, 331–32, 338, 345, 346, 353, 363, 368
Suez Canal Company, 82
Suleiman the Magnificent, 252
Super Frelon helicopters, 348, 354
Super Mystères, 16, 108, 109, 145, 350, 352
Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916), 40
Syria, 2, 3, 5, 8, 15, 30, 39, 40, 46, 55, 73, 88, 141, 231, 265, 293, 358
in alliance with Egypt, 9, 24, 128, 333, 364
in Golan Heights, 350–51, 354–58
Israel’s border with, 358
in Six Day War, 153, 163–64, 166, 167, 207, 209, 350
as target of total war, 104
in Yom Kippur War, 118, 221
Syrian Air Force, 6
Tabor, Mount, 348
tachboulah (ruse) strategy, 230�
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Tal, Israel “Talik,” 10, 20, 63, 120, 121, 149, 150, 179–81, 180, 203, 206, 210, 212, 264, 331, 338, 340, 365, 378
Talmi, Emma, 231
Talmi, Yigal, 231
Talmud, 129
tanks:
air attack strategy for, 86–87, 314
attacks on, 184, 221–23, 314–15, 340–45
Egyptian, 6, 17, 18, 22, 93, 103, 111, 115, 127, 177, 188, 200, 204, 205, 215, 215, 220, 331, 337–45
gunners, 116
IDF, 89–90, 148–49, 151, 153, 175, 176, 177, 184, 185–86, 190–91, 212, 229, 234, 256, 258, 268, 275, 298, 300–301, 306, 311, 317, 340–41, 349
Jordanian, 256, 312
recon for, 18, 19, 178, 181, 182, 192, 194, 200, 214–16, 232, 237, 240, 338
training for, 117
turrets of, 315
see also armored divisions; specific types of tanks
Tapline oil pipeline, T-4 target on, 163–65, 169
Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), 7
tefillin, 326–27
Tekufat HaTzena (austerity period), 7–8
tel, 53
Tel Aviv, 7, 8, 9, 13, 19, 29, 32, 40, 41, 42, 46–48, 49, 55, 97, 118, 137, 143, 205, 245, 253, 256, 257, 327, 333, 346, 347, 366, 376, 383
evacuations from, 24, 26
preparation for war in, 24–26
women’s demonstration in, 80
Tel Azzaziat, 349
Tel Chai, 51, 119–20
television:
Arab propaganda on, 4–5
Hussein’s news conference on, 162–63
Tel Fakhr, 349
Tell, Abdullah al-, 28, 253
Tel Nof Air Base, 3, 7, 13, 34, 112, 133–36, 139, 150–51, 155, 158, 163, 248–49, 256, 262, 352, 392
Tel Shimron, 53–55, 77, 78
Temple Mount, 246, 253, 296, 310, 318, 319, 320, 328, 388
Temple Scroll, xv
terebinth trees, 60
“Terrible Tiger” (hanamer hanora’l), 81
terrorists, Arab, 40, 383, 390, 394
border incursions by, 64, 68–69
terrorists, Jewish, 126
test pilots, 109–11, 139, 165
Tevet, Dov “Dubi,” 181, 215, 236–37, 239–40, 340–43, 369–70
Thant, U, 24
“Thirty Five, the,” 354
“Three No’s,” 393–94
Tiran, Straits of, 8, 15, 17, 100, 312, 347
Tomb of the Patriarchs, 264, 295, 381
Tommy guns, 70
Torah, 271, 326, 367
total war, Israeli strategy for, see Moked, Operation
Transjordan, 40, 292
trapeze beacons, 226, 233
trenches, 25–26, 25, 56, 215, 217
Trumpeldor, Joseph (Yosef), 50–52, 51, 119, 121, 391
Tsiddon, Yoash “Chatto,” 113
Tunisia, 24, 62, 128