Haim Oshri (Hebrew: חיים אושרי; born 1944)[1] was an Israeli Paratrooper during the 6 Day War. He is known for being in the famous picture Paratroopers at the Western Wall, that was taken during the liberation of Jerusalem in 1967.[2][3][4]

Haim Oshri
Haim Oshri next to the Western Wall during the 6-Day War.
Born1944
Yemen
AllegianceIsrael
Service/branch Israel Defense Forces
Unit66th Battalion of the 55th Paratroopers Brigade
Battles/warsSix-Day War
Jordanian campaign (1967)
Battle of Jerusalem (1967)
Battle of Ammunition Hill
Yom Kippur War

Biography

Haim Oshri was born in Yemen to Yemenite jewish parents. They immigrated to Israel in 1949.[5]

After the Israeli triumph in the Battle of Jerusalem (1967), the photographer David Rubinger took a picture at the Western Wall. It later became known as "Paratroopers at the Western Wall"[6][7][8]

Paratroopers at the Western Wall, by David Rubinger

Left to right, Zion Karasenti, Yitzhak Yifat and Haim Oshri.[9][10]

The three former paratroopers seen in the picture met again at the Western Wall in 2007, 2014 and April 2017.[11][12][13]

The image had such a strong emotional component that it has become an "icon of Israel." In 2001, the Israeli Supreme Court declared that the photo had "become the property of the entire nation"[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "חב"ד | שיחת השבוע 1585 | האנשים בתמונה ההיסטורית". www.chabad.org.il. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  2. ↑ Oryszczuk, Stephen. "Fifty years on, Six Day War paratrooper on the iconic photo that 'eternalised history'". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  3. ↑ "Pairs of Tefillin Honor Troops Who Liberated The Old City in 1967".
  4. ↑ "DEPOIMENTOS". www.batalhaosuez.com.br. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Haim Oshri". UK news.
  6. ↑ "The History behind the iconic photo". www.idf.il. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  7. ↑ Urquhart, Conal (2007-05-05). "Six days in June". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  8. ↑ Joffre, Tzvi (2023-12-06). "How Israel gained control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967". Unpacked. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  9. ↑ "The Photograph: A Search for June 1967 : Azure - Ideas for the Jewish Nation". azure.org.il. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  10. ↑ "Six Day War: IDF troops became an unwitting symbol of unified Jerusalem". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  11. ↑ "Paratroopers Reunited". The Times of Israel.
  12. ↑ ccjneditor (2017-05-09). "Israeli paratroopers re-create iconic photo on 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War". Crescent City Jewish News. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  13. ↑ "The paratroopers at the Western Wall". IC.
  14. ↑ "Knesset".
  15. ↑ "50 years later – Voices from the 1967 war | www.aronheller.com". www.aronheller.com. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  16. ↑ "On US tour, Israeli paratroopers to re-create iconic photo from Six Day War". The Times of Israel.
  17. ↑ Tessler, Gloria. "Obituary: David Rubinger". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  18. ↑ "The making of an Icon".
  19. ↑ "David Rubinger". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  20. ↑ "Most miraculous moments in the IDF". www.idf.il. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
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