The Bunker Challenge
We believe that combat heritage and values can be instilled in an experiential and inspiring way. Based on this understanding, we have created a unique educational activity in a huge bunker. During this activity, participants will face the need to overcome fears, diverse thinking challenges, and challenging teamwork
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tel saki
Tel Saki, an observation post that was not permanently manned in normal times, was facing a major war. On October 2, 1973, four days before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, two companies from the Nahal Airborne Battalion took up the line in the area, as part of the Paratroopers Brigade.
On Yom Kippur itself, October 6, a state of emergency was declared in the Golan Heights. Five paratroopers and a reserve driver, commanded by Lieutenant Menachem Ansbacher, were sent on an APC to man Tel Saki. Their goal was simple: to report any suspicious Syrian movement to the battalion headquarters. Around 12:00 PM, they settled into the position, unaware of the challenges that awaited them.
But the silence did not last long. Shortly before 2:00 PM, the war broke out in full force. Heavy artillery barrages and Syrian attack aircraft began to bombard the Golan Heights outposts. Three Syrian infantry divisions, with approximately 900 tanks and thousands of soldiers, breached the border fence and flooded the Golan Heights. At 4:00 PM, the observation soldiers reported a massive concentration of Syrian armor in the Rafid area and helicopters landing infantry forces. Between 10:00 PM and 12:00 AM, they spotted Syrian forces approaching the Tel and positioning themselves north of it.
Major Yoram Yair, who was a student at the Command and Staff College, volunteered to go up to the Golan Heights and take command of the Nahal Airborne Battalion, after its commander was hospitalized a few days earlier.
At the end of the first day of the war, a difficult decision was made. Due to Syrian forces penetrating the southern Golan Heights, an order was given to withdraw from the outposts and settlements in the area.