I Did Not Witness the Crossing

Born two years after the October War, the writer of a personal reflection approaches the crossing of the Suez Canal from the perspective of a generation that did not witness it.

The account begins with an acknowledgment of absence: the writer was not there when Egyptian soldiers crossed the canal and did not hear the first shot.

Nor did the writer see the Egyptian flag rise on the opposite bank. These moments frame the distance between experiencing a historic event and coming to know it after the fact.

Under the title “I Did Not Witness the Crossing,” the reflection offers a personal starting point for remembering the war: not an eyewitness account, but the perspective of someone born after the events that shaped that memory.