Event
The Israel Defense Forces reach Umm Rashrash
10 Mar 1949 · 29.55° N, 34.95° E
What the records say
- When
- 10 Mar 1949
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 29.55° N, 34.95° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Ink Flag.
Summary
The Israel Defense Forces reach Umm Rashrash, west of Aqaba (the biblical Elath), and capture it without a battle. The Negev Brigade and Golani Brigade takes part in the operation. To symbolize their victory, they raise the Ink Flag, a makeshift flag created from a white sheet and a bottle of ink.
The source
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