Ink Flag

[1] 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.

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.

The soldiers found a sheet, drew two ink stripes, and sewed on a Star of David torn off a first-aid kit.

[3] In Eilat, a bronze sculpture by Israeli sculptor Daniel Kafri[4] commemorates the event, unveiled on 28 February 1996.