Less than eight years after the War of Independence, Israel conducted an extensive military operation, with the assistance of France and Britain, against Egypt: During the operation, which is commonly known as the Suez Crisis, Operation Kadesh or the Sinai War, the Sinai Peninsula was invaded and occupied by Israel. However, the Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt shortly after due to international pressure. This year will mark the 60th anniversary of the operation.
Among the IDF soldiers who were killed during the operation were three soldiers whose bodies were never located- and their burial places are still unknown. A stone has been placed at Mount Herzl in their memory but the IDF’s Missing in Action Accounting Unit still studies their cases, in hopes of finding out what happened to them.
