Israel remembers Mitla
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jun 27, 2006
Israel reenacted its 1956 airdrop of troops into battle with Egyptian forces in the Sinai. Fifteen veterans of the original mission in the Mitla Pass joined current soldiers from Israel´s airborne 890th Regiment on Tuesday for an exhibition parachute jump off the Tel Aviv beach. There were also 120 volunteer parachutists from abroad, many of them veterans of British and French forces that joined Israel in the 1956 campaign to wrest control of the strategic Suez Canal from Egypt. Mitla, which inspired a novel by Leon Uris, was the only time when Israeli troops have been parachuted in battle. After landing in the rocky desert pass, the Israelis were ambushed by Egyptian commandos. Forty-six were killed and more than 100 wounded in the ensuing firefight.
Jun 27, 2006
Israel reenacted its 1956 airdrop of troops into battle with Egyptian forces in the Sinai. Fifteen veterans of the original mission in the Mitla Pass joined current soldiers from Israel´s airborne 890th Regiment on Tuesday for an exhibition parachute jump off the Tel Aviv beach. There were also 120 volunteer parachutists from abroad, many of them veterans of British and French forces that joined Israel in the 1956 campaign to wrest control of the strategic Suez Canal from Egypt. Mitla, which inspired a novel by Leon Uris, was the only time when Israeli troops have been parachuted in battle. After landing in the rocky desert pass, the Israelis were ambushed by Egyptian commandos. Forty-six were killed and more than 100 wounded in the ensuing firefight.
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