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The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation “Kan” reported on Thursday night that despite 47 years since the War of October 6, 1973, there are still many secrets about it. The documents that were allowed to be released today show for the first time the consultations the prime minister had led Golda Meir and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan with other generals and ministers.
Among the secrets revealed by the Israeli channel “Kan” is that Israel’s military and political leaders considered bombing the Syrian capital, Damascus, but withdrew, fearing the impact of this step within the corridors of the Security Council, as well as the fear. the deterioration of Israeli air superiority at the time, as well as US pressure to stop the shooting, according to the channel.
The channel reported that Moshe Dayan held a press meeting on October 7, that is, the second day of the war, and described what happened on the first day as a “disaster”, but was optimistic about the final results of the war. . himself, at a time when Golda Meir asked about the reaction of the Secretary of State of the United States, at that time, Henry Kissinger, on the war, Diane replied: “Interesting.”
It is noteworthy that on October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched an attack on Israel with the aim of forcing it to return the lands that it seized from the two countries in the 1967 war, which include the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and the Syrian Golan. Heights.
