Jack Kemp

In the Six Day War in 1967, Israel did not use any military aircraft or artillery to bomb the walled Old City of Jerusalem. They didn't want any harm to the apartments or homes and didn't want to risk any damage to religious sites of the three major faiths. The fighting was house to house with ground based paratroopers leading the way in order to preserve the ancient city.

Actually, the Arab civilian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem had mostly fled just before the battle began in 1967. Moshe Dayan allowed them to return later. The resistance the Israeli Army met was from the Jordanian Army and any holdouts. But I believe there was a certain amount of house to house fighting.

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