Revisiting the Golan Heights, 50 years after the Yom Kippur War Ortal Tourism has launched a new tourism program called Fifty Years Later, which takes participants on a three-day trip through the ...

Officially, the Yom Kippur War lasted just under three weeks. But for some of the units fighting in the Golan Heights, it lasted much longer. Cross border incidents with the Syrian army, mainly in ...

Kibbutz Ortal in the Golan Heights has created three-day tours commemorating 50 years since the Yom Kippur War, visiting battlefields and wineries, including its own Shifon Winery (Courtesy ...

The name Yom Kippur War refers to the surprise attack, which occurred on holiest day of the year in Judaism. ... It ended in an Israeli victory and recapture of the Golan Heights.

Israeli armored personnel carriers (APCs) driving in the field on the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur war, Oct. 17, 1973. Fred Ihrt/LightRocket—Getty Images ...

This year marks 50 years since the armed conflict known as the Yom Kippur War was fought. From October 6-25, 1973, ... 1973 on the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War.

UNSCR 338, passed during the Yom Kippur/Ramadan War, ... The Golan Heights’ high altitude provides it with observation points deep into Syria, with which Israel has never formally made peace.

This handout photo from February 16, 2023, shows a Sho't tank that was taken from the Tel Saki memorial site in the Golan Heights, by veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War to protest the government ...

Avigdor Kahalani, who was awarded Israel’s highest military medal for defending the Golan Heights from the Syrians in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, recounts those heroic war efforts.

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.

The author of 'Eighteen Days in October' about the significance of Israel's 1973 Yom Kippur War talks about its effect on peace in the region, major missteps of the war energy policy and more.