The Israel Defense Forces reach Umm Rashrash

Quando

10 de mar. de 1949

Tipo

Evento

Coordenadas

29.55° N, 34.95° E

Posicionado em: coordinates of the event it links, Ink Flag.

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.

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