Valley of Tears,' about the opening days of the Yom Kippur War In refusing to obey a command, Itzhak Nagreker managed to save his comrades sheltering inside Tel Saki bunker — and landed him in ...

American Jews were not sure how to respond. Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War — which broke out on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar in 1973 and lasted for about three weeks — some of ...

The Yom Kippur War, Explained: In 1973, a coalition of Arab states led by Syria and Egypt initiated coordinated attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights against Israel.

The IDF’s Merkava series of main battle tanks, widely considered to be of the most lethal armored vehicles in service across the globe, has remained the centerpiece of Israel’s armored corps for more ...

The war marks the Israeli army’s highest death toll since the Yom Kippur War, when at least 2,500 soldiers were killed in 19 days of fighting. At least 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis ...

As always, the power of the people of Israel is revealed precisely when it seems to be at its lowest point.

History sometimes offers lessons from the past, and the Kursk offensive recalls a similarly daring move by Israel in the Yom ...

Yom Kippur means Day of Atonement. It is the most sacred and solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Atonement means to put things right. That day is about people putting things right with God through ...