Cast a Giant Shadow
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1:26:00
We'll sleep here during daylight
and move on after dark.

1:26:03
David!
1:26:13
What's up?
1:26:15
They've picked up Egyptian tank radio.
1:26:17
They don't know, so they're talking freely.
1:26:20
- Well?
- They've moved fast.

1:26:22
A column is heading north
to knock out the Har Safid Kibbutz.

1:26:25
What do they have at Har Safid?
1:26:27
Your old friend Yussuf
with 20 men of the Palmach.

1:26:29
- What else?
- Wire, slit trenches, Molotov cocktails...

1:26:34
...children.
1:26:35
- Radio?
- No communications at all.

1:26:38
- They made a hit without warning.
- How long will it take us to reach them?

1:26:42
Too long. It'll be broad daylight.
The plan was only for night assault.

1:26:47
I'm just an adviser.
1:26:50
Then advise.
1:26:51
You've got no choice.
Hit those tanks with everything.

1:26:54
- Risk the entire force?
- They don't know that. Go for broke.

1:26:57
This has gotta be the biggest bluff
since the invention of falsies.

1:27:00
If we're wiped out,
they'll be in Tel Aviv by Saturday.

1:27:03
If you don't,
they'll be there for Friday supper.

1:27:06
This is the only mobile force
in the entire Negev.

1:27:09
There's a mountain over there
called "Masada"?

1:27:12
Masada.
1:27:13
It was the last stronghold
of our revolt against the Romans.

1:27:16
I know. And they had an adviser, too.
1:27:17
After they held out for three years
he advised them to give up.

1:27:21
They didn't have a chance, so 960 of them
committed suicide on top of that mountain.

1:27:25
That's right.
1:27:26
- And you guys are proud of it?
- Of course!

1:27:28
What do you want?
1:27:29
An eloquent philosophical speech
and then you all go and cut your throats?

1:27:33
David, attack!
1:27:35
There have been enough Masadas
in this country.

1:27:59
- The whole air force is at Jerusalem.
- All three planes?


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