hen we were going in to rescue his friends and comrades. Aware that each wasted minute might cost more of the paratroopers’ lives, I relented. I told Yishai he’d be sitting across from me on the turret, right above Yasha Kedmi, another friend who, having served under me in my first tank company in the War

ng served under me in my first tank company in the War of Attrition, had asked to join back at Julis. Yasha was our loader and radio-operator. He got Yishai a machine gun, extra magazines for his Uzi and a box of grenades. We moved out through wave-like dunes in total darkness. After the first few miles,

hen we were going in to rescue his friends and comrades. Aware that each wasted minute might cost more of the paratroopers' lives, I relented. I told Yishai he'd be sitting across from me on the turret, right above Yasha Kedmi, another friend who, having served under me in my first tank company in the War

ng served under me in my first tank company in the War of Attrition, had asked to join back at Julis. Yasha was our loader and radio-operator. He got Yishai a machine gun, extra magazines for his Uzi and a box of grenades. We moved out through wave-like dunes in total darkness. After the first few miles,