Yom Kippur War

Yaakov Erez, former Maariv editor and Sokolov Prize winner, dies at 87

Erez, a Sokolov Prize winner, was behind many exclusive stories and investigations.

Yaakov Erez and Yitzhak Rabin
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement on the situation in the Middle East, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2026.

Roaring Lion: From Berlin to London, Europe stands by Israel in war with Iran - opinion

 Family group photos of all the participating members during the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Summit (ASEAN-GCC Summit) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 20, 2023

Will the Gulf adopt Sadat’s strategic framework? - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Christian Conference in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025

Israel's opposition shapes a narrative of authoritarianism - opinion


'Eighteen Days in October': Strategy, diplomacy in the Yom Kippur War - review

Primarily a history of military tactics and strategy, Eighteen Days in October also addresses diplomacy, albeit briefly.

 PM MENACHEM BEGIN (R) and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat shake hands in the presence of a beaming US president Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland, 1978. The peace treaty was signed March 26, 1979, and went into effect in January 1980.

Israeli POW from Yom Kippur War says Hamas hostages have it worse

Menachem Barkai was captured by an army during the Yom Kippur War. The Hamas hostages in Gaza now, though, were taken by a terrorist group.

 MENACHEM BARKAI with his parents in 1974, after his release.

Yom Kippur War veteran revisits old collection 50 years later

73-year-old internationally acclaimed Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's exhibition of works fueled by wartime angst and post-trauma boosted by another local round of violence.

 ‘KIPPUR: WAR Requiem’ features a powerful cinematic installation.

'The Stronghold': A story of IDF soldiers feeling abandoned at war - review

Besides the graphic violence that is an integral part of The Stronghold, this series could prove difficult for some viewers right now because of the emotions it might arouse.

 SCENES FROM the mini-series ‘The Stronghold.’

Yom Kippur veterans beseech: ‘Treat this whole country for trauma’

Those who fought in Israel’s most devastating war and suffered severe trauma ask authorities not to wait before they treat soldiers and civilians alike for psychological damage.

RAMI GERSHON as a soldier (right) and today.

Letter from Jerusalem, October 2023 - opinion

Write down your feelings, where you are every day and what is happening to you and your loved ones, dear readers. This time will be remembered forever, and we are living it.

 UNLIKE MANY households today, we still have a radio. Pictured: A 1937 family crowds around for updates.

Rows of tanks, closed shops: Israel's North prepares for war

“It feels exactly like the Yom Kippur War,” one man said to The Jerusalem Post. “There’s nothing to feel.”

 Israeli soldiers near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 10, 2023.

Beit Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center prepared to receive the wounded

The largest rehabilitation hospital in Israel is coordinating with the relevant state agencies to receive an influx of war patients

 An Israeli, one of three wounded in what an Israeli military spokesperson said was a shooting attack at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank, is evacuated to a hospital in Jerusalem January 31, 2016.

Month of war: October's significance to Jewish, Israeli history

In terms of Jewish and Israeli history, October anniversaries have special meaning up to the present day, from Ben-Gurion's birthday to the Nuremberg Trials to the Yom Kippur War.

 An Israeli tank drives on a road following a mass infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, near Sderot in southern Israel October 8, 2023

Israel is haunted by the ghosts of the Yom Kippur war in this attack - comment

The Yom Kippur War of 1973, exactly 50 years ago today, serves as an important point of reference in understanding the gravity of Israel’s recent oversight.

 The scene where a rocket fired from Gaza into Southern Israel, hit and caused damaged in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. October 7, 2023.