Чернильный флаг

right|thumb|200px|Raising of the Ink Flag

Файл:Ink Flag.svg

A modern rendition of the ink Flag.

The Ink Flag (ивр. דגל הדיו‎) refers to an episode during the Israeli War of Independence, which symbolizes the victory of the Israel Defense Forces in Eilat.

On March 5 1949, Operation Ovda was launched. On March 10, the Israeli forces reached Umm Rashrash west of Aqaba (the biblical Elath) and captured it without a battle. The Negev Brigade and Golani Brigade took part in the operation. They raised a hand-made flag painted with ink and claimed Eilat for Israel.

The flag is essentially like the present flag of Israel, but is distinctive in that the Star of David is solid, rather than partitioned and hollow.

See also

• Eilat
• Operation Ovda
• Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

External links

• Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Speech on Eilat Day - 56 Years Since the Raising of the Ink Flag, March 20th, 2005
• Story explained again, Micha Peri who painted the flag, Avraham Adan who raised the flag