Sublime

IBRAHIM OTHMAN

During Harkabi’s term as director of AMAN, the rift between the IDF, AMAN, and the political echelon was mended. The IDF embarked on a process of preparing for war, based on the estimate that a “second round” should be expected. For this purpose, an ongoing intelligence effort of aerial mapping was undertaken during the year 1955. In June 1955, a c

My company was part of Brigade 401, in the Sinai. It was one of two armored forces that were rotated every three months into action on the front line. In a stroke of good fortune, the brigade commander was Dovik Tamari, Avraham Arnan’s first successor as commander of the sayeret. While we awaited our forward deployment, due in September, he include