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On April 13, a convoy of 10 vehicles, mostly consisting of unarmed Jewish doctors, nurses, medical students and lecturers set off for the hospital in the early morning. At approximately 9:45, the leading vehicle was hit by a mine and the convoy came under attack by Arab irregular forces. Five of the vehicles were able to flee, but five others, including two buses and an ambulance, were unable to escape the ambush and were subject to constant machine gun fire from the surrounding Arabs, despite passengers waving a white flag. After the buses began to leak gasoline, they were set on fire by Molotov cocktails (petrol b ...

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Hadassah medical convoy massacre, Hadassah medical convoy massacre - The Blockade of Mount Scopus, Hadassah medical convoy massacre - The Attack, Hadassah medical convoy massacre - Aftermath, Hadassah medical convoy massacre - Notes

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List of Russian Jews - Chess. Yuri Averbakh, Grandmaster Mikhail Botvinnik, World Champion Semen Abramovich Furman, Chess player Garry Kasparov, World Champion (Jewish father) Alexander Khalifman, World Champion (unconfirmed) Alla Kushnir, Women's World Championship challenger Peter Svidler, Grandmaster (unconfirmed) Mark Taimanov, Grandmaster & conce ...

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M1 Carbine - Carbine M1A1. Folding stock Paratrooper usage About 150,000 produced M1 Carbine - Carbine M2. Early 1945 The M2 Carbine was a selective fire (capable of fully-automatic fire) version and was used with a 30-round magazine About 600,000 produced M1 Carbine - Carbine M3. M1 with mounting for an early active (infrared) night vision sight Saw extensive use in the battle of Okinawa. An improved version of the M3 was used in Korea as we ...

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Although the M1 Carbine is sometimes described as a development of the M1 Garand, it has a related but different internal design. It is based upon a lightweight tappet-and-slide gas system and uses detachable, large-capacity magazines. It chambers the .30 Carbine, a smaller and lighter .30 caliber/7.62 mm cartridge that is very different, in both design and performance, from the larger .30-06 Springfield cartridge used in the Garand. The .30 Carbine cartridge was intermediate in both muzzle energy (ME) and muzzle velocity (MV); ...

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Despite these victories, the old warhorse found it hard to forgive old enemies; in 1994, for instance, he boycotted the official ceremonies marking Jordan's peace deal with Israel. Seen as atavistic by many, he represented a somehow nobler, if not gentler, past. He is survived by seven children and 27 grandchildren; his wife Bazaa' predeceased him. A famous Dehia (traditional bedouin folk song that rhymes the first part of a verse to the second both are usually made of 8-syallabuls) which is sung in most traditional ocassions, especially in his hometown Kerak features Habis as the hero of it Saria ...

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main article: British Mandate of Palestine In World War I, Turkey sided with Germany. As a result, it was embroiled in a conflict with Great Britain, leading to the British capture of Palestine in a series of battles led by General Allenby. (See Third Battle of Gaza and Battle of Beersheba). Allenby famously dismounted from his horse when he entered captured Jerusalem as a mark of respect for the Holy City. He was greeted by the C ...

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History of Palestine, History of Palestine - Prehistoric times, History of Palestine - Canaanite and Israelite Period, History of Palestine - Persian Hellenistic and Roman Period, History of Palestine - Byzantines to the Ottomans Period, History of Palestine - The British Mandate period, History of Palestine - Post-Mandate, History of Palestine - Intifada Separation Barrier Road Map

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In 1992 he was once again successfully elected Prime Minister. He played a leading role in the signing of the Oslo Accords, which created the Palestinian Authority and granted it partial control over parts of the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Prior to the signing of the accords, Rabin received a letter from PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat renouncing violence and officially recognizing Israel, and on the same day Rabin sent Arafat a letter officially recognizing the PLO on September 9, 1993. (See: Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization letters of recognition.) During this term of office, Rabin also o ...

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Following his resignation, Likud's Menachem Begin was elected in 1977. Rabin was later hailed by many commentators for his resignation, who said that this was a sign of integrity and responsibility. During the late 1980's Rabin was a Minister of Defence in several unity governments and enacted harsh measures to break the first Intifada. He was quoted as saying 'We should break their arms and legs' (referring to Palestinian rioters). ...

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On June 2, 1974, he was elected Party leader and succeeded Golda Meir as Prime Minister of Israel. This term in office was most famous for Operation Entebbe, in which, on his orders, the IDF rescued passengers of a plane hijacked by Palestinian terrorists. Rabin resigned from office after two crises hit him: the arrival of four F-15 jets on Shabbat led to the breaking up of his coalition; and the exposure of a US Dollar bank account held by his wife Lea Rabin, an act forbidden at that time by Israeli currency regulators. Rabin took ...

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During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, he directed Israeli operations in Jerusalem and fought the Egyptian army in the Negev. In 1962 he rose to the position of Chief of Staff in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Under his command, the IDF achieved an overwhelming victory over Egypt, Syria and Jordan in the Six-Day War in 1967. After the Old City of Jerusalem was captured by the IDF, Rabin was among the first to visit the old city, and then delivered a famous speech on the ...

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On November 4, 1995, Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, after attending a rally promoting the Oslo process at Tel Aviv's Kings of Israel Square (which was renamed to Yitzhak Rabin Square after his death). Rabin died of massive blood loss and a punctured lung on the operating table at the nearby Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin was a shock for most of the Israeli public, which held rallies and memorials near the place of the assassination, his home, the Knesset and the home of the assass ...

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In 1992, the IDF drafted a Code of Conduct that is a combination of international law, Israeli law, Jewish heritage and the IDF's own traditional ethical code - Ruach Tzahal רוח צה"ל ("The Spirit of the IDF"). Israel Defense Forces - Values of the Code of Conduct. The IDF Code of Conduct emphasis the following values: Tenacity of Purpose in Performing Missions and Drive to Victory (חתירה לניצחון והשלמת המשימה) Responsibility (אחריות)See also:

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The IDF is considered to be one of the most high-tech armies in the world, possessing top-of-the-line weapons and computer systems. Besides purchasing American-made weapon systems (such as the M4A1 assault rifle, F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon jets and Apache helicopter), the IDF has several large internal R&D departments. IDF also purchases many technologies produced by the Israeli security industries including IAI, IMI, Elbit, El-Op, Rafael, Soltam and dozens of smaller firms. Many of these developments have been battle-tes ...

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Born and raised in Prague, Czechoslovakia, young Yehuda Bauer acquired fluency in the Czech, Slovak and German languages. Later in life he learned Hebrew, Yiddish, English, French and Polish. His father had strong Zionist convictions and during the 1930s tried to raise money to get his family to the Land of Israel, then a British Mandate of Palestine. On March 15, 1939 the family made the aliyah. Bauer attended high school in Haifa and at sixteen, inspired by his history teacher Rachel Krulik, decided to dedicate himself to studying h ...

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Notes: If the ranks of the IDF are to be translated one-to-one to Western ranks then a "Rav Aluf" is equivalent to Lieutenant General (since Major General is "Aluf"). But since Rav Aluf in Israel is the high commander of the army (including air force and navy), the translation of it as "General" is more appropriate. In the IDF, the same ranks are used throughout the army, including air force and navy. This contrasts with many other armed forced that have a separate rank system for different br ...

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On November 4, 1995, Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, after attending a rally promoting the Oslo process at Tel Aviv's Kings of Israel Square (which was renamed to Yitzhak Rabin Square after his death). Rabin died of massive blood loss and a punctured lung on the operating table at the nearby Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin was a shock for most of the Israeli public, which held rallies and memorials near the place of the murder, his home, the Knesset and the home of the assassin. The ...

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Yitzhak Rabin, Yitzhak Rabin - Youth and service in the Palmach, Yitzhak Rabin - IDF service, Yitzhak Rabin - Ambassador and Minister of Labor, Yitzhak Rabin - First term as prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin - Opposition member and minister of defence, Yitzhak Rabin - Second term as prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin - Murder and aftermath

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A total of 6.25 million M1 Carbines of various models were manufactured, thus making it the most produced small arm in American military history. Despite being designed by Winchester, the great majority of these were made by other companies. The largest producer was the Inland division of General Motors, but many others were made by contractors as diverse as IBM and the Rock-Ola jukebox company. The German designation for captured Carbines was Selbstladekarabiner 455(a). The "(a)" came from the co ...

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M1 Carbine, M1 Carbine - History, M1 Carbine - Performance, M1 Carbine - Variants, M1 Carbine - Carbine M1A1, M1 Carbine - Carbine M2, M1 Carbine - Carbine M3, M1 Carbine - Related equipment and accessories, M1 Carbine - Round types, M1 Carbine - Attachments, M1 Carbine - Production and usage, M1 Carbine - Operators Summary, M1 Carbine - Current production

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M1 Carbine - Round types. The rounds used by the military with the carbine include: Cartridge, Caliber .30, Carbine, Ball, M1 Cartridge, Caliber .30, Carbine, Grenade, M6 Cartridge, Dummy, Caliber .30, Carbine, M13 Cartridge, Caliber .30, Carbine, Ball, High Pressure Test, M18 Cartridge, Caliber .30, Carbine, Tracer, M27 M1 Carbine - Attachments. The M1 was used with the M8 Grenade Launcher, which fired the M6 cartridge. It used the M4 Bayonet. The M4 ...

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M1 Carbine, M1 Carbine - History, M1 Carbine - Performance, M1 Carbine - Variants, M1 Carbine - Carbine M1A1, M1 Carbine - Carbine M2, M1 Carbine - Carbine M3, M1 Carbine - Related equipment and accessories, M1 Carbine - Round types, M1 Carbine - Attachments, M1 Carbine - Production and usage, M1 Carbine - Operators Summary, M1 Carbine - Current production

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M1 Carbine - Carbine M1A1. Folding stock Paratrooper usage About 150,000 produced Given more exclusively to staff sergeants M1 Carbine - Carbine M2. Early 1945 The M2 Carbine was a selective fire (capable of fully-automatic fire) version and was used with a 30-round magazine About 600,000 produced M1 Carbine - Carbine M3. M1 with mounting for an early active (infrare ...

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Owing to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the tactics of the IDF have been adapted for low intensity warfare primarily against Palestinian militants operating from within densely-populated civilian areas. Sometimes, such clashes have resulted in deaths of nearby civilians. Israel Defense Forces - Targeted killing. The IDF employs a controversial strategy of "focused foiling" (Hebrew: סיכול ממוקד sikul memukad) of Palestinian militant leaders, aimed at preventing future acts of vi ...

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Palestine became part of the Byzantine Empire after the division of the Roman Empire into east and west (a fitful process that was not finalized until 395). Under Byzantine rule, the region became a center of Christianity, while retaining significant Jewish and Samaritan communities (although the Samaritans were greatly reduced following Julianus ben Sabar's revolt.) During a protracted conflict with the Byzantine Empire, the Sassanian Empire under Khosrau II briefly wrested control of the region from the Byzantines. An invasion of Mes ...

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History of Palestine, History of Palestine - Prehistoric times, History of Palestine - Canaanite and Israelite Period, History of Palestine - Persian Hellenistic and Roman Period, History of Palestine - Byzantines to the Ottomans Period, History of Palestine - The British Mandate period, History of Palestine - Post-Mandate, History of Palestine - Intifada Separation Barrier Road Map

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The following is a very partial list that does not refer to any reserve forces. Israel Defense Forces - High command General Staff. The IDF falls under the command of a single general staff. The Chief of the General Staff (Hebrew acronym: רמטכ"ל, pronounced: Ramatkal) has the rank of (Lieutenant) General (in Hebrew: רב אלוף, pronounced: "Rav Aluf") and is the high commander of the IDF. He reports directly to the Defense minister and indirectly to the Prime Minister of Israel and it ...

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