Defense Ministry releases color footage from Yom Kippur War | The Jerusalem Post

It was 45 years ago...#Kippur War. ---------------------------------------- The war was initiated by Egypt and Syria against Israel, on October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and during Ramadan, the month of fasting in Islam, and it continued until October 26, 1973. The war, which eventually drew both the United States and the Soviet Union into indirect confrontation in defense of their respective allies, was launched with the diplomatic aim of convincing a chastened—if still unde