A tired, exultant, and 28-year-old Arik celebrates with his troops after the conclusion of a raid on Syria, 1 December 1956. This was the very end of the era of the reprisal raids, concluded to be a failure by many in the upper echelons of the Israeli government. Nonetheless, their tactics and spirit influenced countless special operations groups to this day, as well as the entire IDF.
Source: The Guardian, UK.
