Israeli war veterans who were injured fighting for Britain during the Second World War are to be royally honoured.
The 32 disabled soldiers will receive British Ministry of Defence medals on behalf of the Queen at a ceremony in Tel Aviv. The newly knighted Sir Tom Phillips, the outgoing British ambassador, will make the awards.
Some of the soldiers, who served in the Jewish Brigade, went on to fight for Israel during the war of independence in 1948.
Zvi Avidror, chairman and founder of the British Royal Navy veterans’ organisation in Israel, launched a search in 2007 to reunite the veterans so they could be honoured.
