For Jerusalem Day, the humble memorials to those who died unifying the city – The Times of Israel
admin | May 8, 2021
The 28th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar, which this year falls out on the evening of May 9 and the day of May 10, is the anniversary of the day that Israeli paratroopers captured Jerusalems Old City in the Six Day War. Almost immediately following the Old Citys liberation, the soldiers who had participated in the battle piled some rocks together along Jericho Road outside the Lions Gate and planted a flag in the ground. It was their way of honoring the memory of their fallen comrades, killed on that very same road, when soldiers made a fatal navigational mistake.
