Wounded Sailors of the Destroyer Elath
Wounded Sailors of the Destroyer Elath
"Doctors battle to save the wounded from the Israeli destroyer Elath, sunk by Soviet-made Styx missiles fired by Egyptian gunboat. 19 are killed, 28 more missing and presumed dead, 48 wounded. Five are buried in a mass funeral in Haifa while mourners cry for revenge." Aftermath of the use of the first anti-ship missile. MS nurse and doctor pushing patient lying in bed. MS nurses attending to burn patient. TLS family & friends sitting & waiting in hospital hallway. MS nurse checking on patients. MSs sailors sleeping in hospital beds. CU injured man peering into cam, pan to cast on arm. MS wounded man kissing his wife. TLS large public funeral service for dead sailor is shown; MSs Israeli Navy sailors carrying two caskets with Israeli flags on them. MS group of women crying, many holding handkerchiefs or tissues. MS commander of the Israeli Navy reading from book during graveside address. MS wreath is laid on grave marker.