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Six Day War: IDF troops became an unwitting symbol of unified Jerusalem

The photograph appeared throughout the country – in newspapers, on posters and later in books about the war. Yifat suddenly had become more than a soldier who participated in an extraordinary event.

 IN 2017, the three men in the iconic 1967 photo of three paratroopers that came to symbolize the reunification of Jerusalem, reprise their original positions at the Western Wall. (From left) Haim Oshri, Yitzhak Yifat and Zion Karasent.
IN 2017, the three men in the iconic 1967 photo of three paratroopers that came to symbolize the reunification of Jerusalem, reprise their original positions at the Western Wall. (From left) Haim Oshri, Yitzhak Yifat and Zion Karasent.
(photo credit: Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
ByFERN ALLEN
JUNE 10, 2022 18:50
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