* Israel re-enacted its 1956 airdrop of troops into battle with Egyptian forces in the Sinai Desert. Fifteen veterans of the original mission in the Mitla Pass joined current soldiers from Israel’s airborne 890th Regiment on Tuesday for an exhibition parachute jump off the Tel Aviv beach.
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