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conflictLOW2026-04-21 14:01 UTC

Makeshift pistol from War of Independence to go on display after being found in museum storage

The near 80-year-old pistol was built by 16-year-old Uzi Aharoni in Kibbutz Gvat’s blacksmith shop in early 1948 to defend his settlement ahead of and during the war.

ORIGINAL SOURCE →via Jerusalem Post
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