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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Yom Kippur War. ... rushing across the Suez Canal in the south as Syrian forces staged an overpowering tank attack that brought them to the Golan Heights in the north. ...

A senior Trump administration official described Israel’s modern borders as being drawn along “illusory” lines during ...

This was the site of a difficult battle during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Yesterday, it was quiet, yet the fort stands overlooking the Syrian border, witness to momentous events.

A spring escape to the Golan Heights, Kibbutz El-Rom, and beyond. A spring escape to the Golan Heights, ... Kahalani, a war hero of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, ...

Israel At War: Operation Northern Arrows. Shabbat Yom Kippur Rocket Fire Aimed at Haifa, Old Age Home, ... Galilee, Golan Heights, Ashkelon. By. Hana Levi Julian - 11 Tishri 5785 – October 12 ...

Israel wants to double the population on the Golan Heights, ... and when the Israeli army had just taken over the buffer zone set up in 1974 after the Yom Kippur war between Israeli- and Syrian ...