Today in History: Winning Eilat with an ink flag

Israeli soldiers took the city without a battle, but forgot to bring the national banner

Raising the ink-drawn flag in Eilat. Picture by Micha Perry, an officer in the Negev Brigade, March 10, 1949

Raising the ink-drawn flag in Eilat. Picture by Micha Perry, an officer in the Negev Brigade, March 10, 1949

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

ByBENJAMIN GLATT

MARCH 10, 2016 16:25

Updated: MARCH 10, 2016 16:24