JERUSALEM, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Israel can only rely on itself in ensuring its survival, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday at a memorial ceremony honoring Israeli soldiers killed in the 1973 Mideast war. "We will only be able to trust ourselves during the ultimate test, just as we did from the moment of the state's creation in 1948, the 1967 Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War and subsequent wars, " Barak said at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem in a veiled reference to the Iranian threat. Referring to the air raid siren that alerted Israelis to the surprise attacks launched by the Egyptian and Syrian militaries in October 1973 during the holiest day of the Jewish...
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