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The Ink Flag ( he, דֶּגֶל הַדְּיוֹ, ''Degel HaDyo'') was a handmade
The photo of the raising of the Ink Flag, taken by the soldier Micha Perry, bears resemblance to the 1945 American photo '' Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima''.Former IDF general, Israeli icon Avraham Adan, dies at 86
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File:Degel HaDyo - sculpture.jpg, Commemorative sculpture by Bernard Reder
File:רשרש4.jpg, Close-up of the man on the pole
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Speech on Eilat Day - 56 Years Since the Raising of the Ink Flag, March 20th, 2005
1948 Arab–Israeli War 1949 in Israel History of Eilat Historical flags Black-and-white photographs Special events flags War photographs Flags in art 1949 in art 1949 photographs Flags of Israel Flags introduced in 1949 Inks
The Ink Flag ( he, דֶּגֶל הַדְּיוֹ, ''Degel HaDyo'') was a handmade Israeli flag
The flag of Israel ( he, דגל ישראל '; ar, علم إسرائيل ') was adopted on 28 October 1948, five months after the establishment of the State of Israel. It depicts a blue hexagram on a white background, between two horizontal b ...
raised in March 1949 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War to mark the capture of Umm Rashrash.
History
On 5 March 1949, Israel launchedOperation Uvda
Operation Uvda ( he, מבצע עובדה, ''Mivtza Uvda'') was an operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, from March 5 to March 10, 1949. It was the last campaign undertaken by the IDF during the war an ...
, the last military maneuver of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. On 10 March, the Israeli Defense Forces
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* Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel
* Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel
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* ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008
* Guni Israeli (b ...
reached the shores of the Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...
at Umm Rashrash, west of Aqaba
Aqaba (, also ; ar, العقبة, al-ʿAqaba, al-ʿAgaba, ) is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative centre of the Aqaba Govern ...
in the area of biblical Elath, and captured it without a battle. The Negev Brigade
The 12th Negev Brigade ( he, חטיבת הנגב, ''Hativat HaNegev'') is an Israeli reserve infantry brigade under the Sinai Division, that originally served in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
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The brigade was f ...
and Golani Brigade took part in the operation. A makeshift flag created from a white sheet inscribed with ink was raised by Captain Avraham Adan, company commander of the 8th Battalion of the Negev Brigade.
The improvised flag was made on the order of Negev Brigade commander Nahum Sarig, when it was discovered that the brigade did not have an Israeli flag
The flag of Israel ( he, דגל ישראל '; ar, علم إسرائيل ') was adopted on 28 October 1948, five months after the establishment of the State of Israel. It depicts a blue hexagram on a white background, between two horizontal b ...
on hand. The soldiers found a sheet, drew two ink stripes, and sewed on a Star of David torn off a first-aid kit.
In Eilat, a bronze sculpture by Israeli sculptor Bernard Reder commemorates the event.Bernard Reder sculptureThe photo of the raising of the Ink Flag, taken by the soldier Micha Perry, bears resemblance to the 1945 American photo '' Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima''.
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{{Commonscat, Ink FlagPrime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Speech on Eilat Day - 56 Years Since the Raising of the Ink Flag, March 20th, 2005
1948 Arab–Israeli War 1949 in Israel History of Eilat Historical flags Black-and-white photographs Special events flags War photographs Flags in art 1949 in art 1949 photographs Flags of Israel Flags introduced in 1949 Inks