Операция Кадеш

Seventy years after Operation Kadesh, retired Colonel Shaia Charsit recalls piloting Dakota transport planes in the daring 1956 Sinai campaign. The swift military victory reopened the Straits of Tiran before international pressure forced a withdrawal.

Seventy years after the 1956 Battle of the Mitla Pass, the fierce engagement during Operation Kadesh remains a defining and heavily debated chapter in IDF legacy.