The works of Israeli photographer David Rubinger

Born in Vienna in 1924, David Rubinger escaped the Nazis by fleeing to Palestine. His mother died in the Holocaust. Rubinger developed his passion for photography during his own military service in World War II and later became a photojournalist. This shot shows Israeli soldiers guarding captured Egyptians troops and Palestinians during the Six-Day War.

This is David Rubinger's most famous work. It portrays Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall, shortly after it was recaptured by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War in 1967. The government distributed this picture to everyone at a very low price, making it very famous. Israeli author Yossi Klein Halevi called it "the most beloved Jewish photographic image of our time."

This photo of former Israeli army general Ariel Sharon (center), accompanied by generals and aides, was taken in Israel's Negev Desert on June 1, 1967 - four days before the Six-Day War. Sharon was a decisive figure in the conflict. He later served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006, until he suffered a stroke that left him in a coma until his death in 2014.

On this photo, Israeli troops were moving toward the northern frontier, while Syria was attacking the Golan Heights in October 1973. Rubinger covered 10 conflicts and was often in high-risk situations: "Frequently these days, when looking back over the years, I find myself asking how I could have been so lucky," he wrote in his 2007 book, "Israel Through My Lens: 60 Years as a Photojournalist."

This picture shows Israeli tanks battling against the Syrian army on the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Rudinger's photos included strong images from Israel's battlegrounds, as well as of Israeli settlers celebrating the foundation of one of the first post-1967 war settlements in the occupied West Bank and defiant Palestinians during an uprising in the 1980s.

David Rubinger was a photojournalist for "Time-Life" for over 50 years. Beyond conflict photography, he was also the only photographer allowed in the cafeteria of the Knesset, allowing him a privileged access to Israeli leaders such as Golda Meir and Yitzhak Rabin. Israel's late president, Shimon Peres, called him "the photographer of the nation in the making."