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Sixth Iyar
• The British mandate over Eretz Israel went into effect in 1920. This date

became known as San Remo Day.
• The British mandate over Eretz Israel came to an end in 1948, exactly
twenty-eight years after it began.
• The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon invaded Israel in
1948.

Seventh Iyar

• The new walls built by Nechemya around Jerusalem were dedicated in
443 BCE (refer to the book of Nehemiah, 12:27). This date was observed
as a holiday in ancient times. A little over five hundred years later, the

Jews surrendered the wall, on the same day, to the Roman Empire.
Fourteenth Iyar
• Adolf Eichmann, key to implementation of the “Final Solution ” by Nazi
Germany, was captured in Buenos Aires by Israeli agents in 1960. He
was in charge of sending all Jews to the extermination camps.

Eighteenth Iyar

• Tzahal (Israel Defense Forces) was established in 1948.

Twenty-Third Iyar
• Shimon Ha-Chashmona’i, leader of the Jewish revolt in Eretz Israel ,
drove the Syrians and their allies, the Hellenized Jews, out of the Citadel,
their last stronghold in Jerusalem , in 142 BCE. The date was observed as
a holiday in ancient times.
• The Arab states and Israel agreed to a cease-fire in 1948. By the time

of the first truce, Israel had already scored substantial victories over the
Syrian and Egyptian armies.

Twenty-Fourth Iyar
• Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies in 1945.

Twenty-Sixth Iyar
• War broke out between Israel and the Arab nations on June 6, 1967.