Raid on Green Island

July, 1969. The War of Attrition had begun several months earlier.

After repeated Egyptian artillery attacks and raids, the Israeli military command decided that it was time to take the initiative from the Egyptians, and ordered special commando units to destroy the Egyptian radar and anti-aircraft positions on Green Island.

A young Israeli officer, heavily wounded in the fighting, later rose to command the Navy. His name: Ami Ayalon…

Rabbi Noam Himelstein studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the Tanks Corps of the IDF.

He has taught in yeshiva high schools, post-high school women’s seminaries, and headed the Torah MiTzion Kollel in Melbourne, Australia. He currently teaches at Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem, and lives with his wife and six children in Neve Daniel, Gush Etzion.