Paratroopers at the Western Wall, June 7, 1967
Perhaps the most iconic photograph of the Six Day War is this one, of three Israeli paratroopers at the Western Wall shortly after its capture by the Israeli army on the third day of the war. A few minutes later Israel Defense Forces Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren arrived with a shofar and Torah scroll to celebrate the capture of the Wall, Judaism’s holiest site.
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David Rubinger / The LIFE Images Collection / Getty Images.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 9.
