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(Reuters) A secluded dovecote in an Israeli kibbutz was once part of a top-secret Israeli communications project, helping Israel in its 1948 war of independence. Shaul Sapir, a pigeon trainer during the war, explains: "It was the only way to communicate, to receive news of what was going on with the troops....It was all done through the pigeons." There was a clandestine network of 68 dovecotes. Soldiers flew them from the heart of the battle. They carried coded messages. Now an educational center, the dovecote houses 60 pigeons, some of them descendants of those used during the war. 2018-04-18 00:00:00Full Article
Video: The Pigeons that Helped Israel Win the War of Independence
(Reuters) A secluded dovecote in an Israeli kibbutz was once part of a top-secret Israeli communications project, helping Israel in its 1948 war of independence. Shaul Sapir, a pigeon trainer during the war, explains: "It was the only way to communicate, to receive news of what was going on with the troops....It was all done through the pigeons." There was a clandestine network of 68 dovecotes. Soldiers flew them from the heart of the battle. They carried coded messages. Now an educational center, the dovecote houses 60 pigeons, some of them descendants of those used during the war. 2018-04-18 00:00:00Full Article
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