The life of Ariel Sharon
The life of Israel's former prime minister Ariel Sharon
Mr. Sharon watches an aerial drop through binoculars June 8, 1967 in the Sinai peninsula during the 1967 Middle East War.
Israeli Major General Ariel Sharon speaks with former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion during a tour of Israeli army posts along the Israeli-Egyptian border on Jan. 27, 1971.Reuters
Mr. Sharon, right, recovering from a head injury, is seen with Moshe Dayan on the western side of the Suez Canal on October, 1973, in this photo provided by the Israeli Defense Ministry.Reuters
Mr. Sharon, second from the left, sits in a jeep during a tour on October, 1973, in this photo provided by the Israeli Defense Ministry.Reuters
Then-Israeli Major General Ariel Sharon with Likud party leader Menahem Begin in the Sinai Peninsula in June 7, 1977.Reuters
Mr. Sharon shakes hands with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Haifa on Sept. 4, 1979.
Mr. Sharon stands on the banks of the Suez Canal following an official visit to Egypt on Jan. 21, 1982, in this government press office photo.
Israeli Defence Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. Defence Secretary Casper Weinberger inspect a pilotless airplane on Sept. 2, 1982.Reuters
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher greets Israeli Minister of Industry and Trade Ariel Sharon during a reception in honour of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on May 26, 1986Reuters
Mr. Sharon speaks with Menahem Porush, Deputy Minister of Labor and Welfare, on June 11, 1991, in this government press office photo.
Mr. Sharon sits on a bench with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright during the Middle East peace summit at the Wye River Conference centre in Maryland on Oct. 18, 1998.
Mr. Sharon greets U.S. President Bill Clinton during a reception at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Dec. 12, 1998.
Outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks toward his Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon as they chat during a May 30, 1999, cabinet meeting.Nati Shohat/Reuters
Mr. Sharon looks up as his touches Judaism's holiest site, the Western Wall, in Jerusalem on Feb. 7, 2001.David Guttenfelder/The Associated Press
Mr. Sharon views the Gaza Strip with Israeli Army Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz, right, and Israeli Defence Minister Benyamin Ben Eliezer, left, on April 10, 2001.
Mr. Sharon sits beside Israeli army Deputy Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon during a helicopter flight to northern Israel on April 4, 2002.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends the inauguration of an elementary school in the southern Israeli Beduin town of Rahat on Aug. 10, 2004.Heidi Levine/The Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pauses in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, after his government's proposed Gaza disengangement plan was approved in a vote in Jerusalem on Oct. 26, 2004.Lefteris Pitarakis/The Associated Press
A picture of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from 1997 hangs on the wall as part of a historical gallery in a hallway at the Knesset (Israel's parliament) in Jerusalem on Jan. 8, 2006.Kevin Frayer/The Associated Press