Editing Ink Flag (section)

==History==
On 5 March 1949, Israel launched [[Operation Uvda]], the last military maneuver of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]]. On 10 March, the [[Israeli Defense Forces]] reached the shores of the [[Red Sea]] at Umm Rashrash, west of [[Aqaba]] in the area of biblical [[Elath]], and captured it without a battle. The [[Negev Brigade]] and [[Golani Brigade]] took part in the operation. A makeshift flag created from a white sheet inscribed with ink was raised by Captain (later General) [[Avraham Adan]], company commander of the 8th Battalion of the Negev Brigade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/general-avraham-adan-soldier-who-raised-the-ink-flag-that-signalled-the-birth-of-israel-8198453.html|title=General Avraham Adan: Soldier who raised the 'Ink Flag' that signalled|date=4 October 2012|website=The Independent|accessdate=29 March 2023}}</ref>

The improvised flag was made on the order of Negev Brigade commander Nahum Sarig, when it was discovered that the brigade did not have an [[Flag of Israel|Israeli flag]] on hand. The soldiers found a sheet, drew two ink stripes, and sewed on a [[Star of David]] torn off a first-aid kit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://israelity.com/2011/08/21/nostalgia-sunday-eilat/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203083942/http://israelity.com/2011/08/21/nostalgia-sunday-eilat/|url-status=dead
|title=Israelity Resources and Information|archive-date=3 December 2013|website=israelity.com|access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref>

In Eilat, a bronze sculpture by Israeli sculptor [[Daniel Kafri]]<ref name="DANIEL KAFRI sculpture">[http://www.jposttravel.com/center_tours/telaviv.html?x=27&y=13 DANIEL KAFRI sculpture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713122214/http://www.jposttravel.com/center_tours/telaviv.html?x=27&y=13 |date=2011-07-13 }}</ref> commemorates the event, unveiled on 28 February 1996. This historical place was already declared a [[List of National Heritage Sites of Israel|National Heritage Site]] on 19 January 1994. The photo of the raising of the Ink Flag, taken by the soldier Micha Perry, bears resemblance to the 1945 American photo ''[[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima]]''.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/former-idf-general-israeli-icon-avraham-adan-dies-at-86-1.467408 Former IDF general, Israeli icon Avraham Adan, dies at 86], [[Haaretz]]</ref>