Unit 101 News Today

Never far away, in 1953 after a wave of guerrilla attacks from jordan he led the infamous unit 101 on a raid into a border could blowing up 45 houses killing 69 arab villagers. sharon said he thought the houses were empty. by june 1967 he was back at war. now a general leading his tank battalion to a crushing victory over the egyptians in the sinai during the six-day war. what he considered his greatest military achievement came in 1973 when the young war, orders and surrounded egypts third army...

John vass has the story. >> reporter: he was a soldier, years out of uniform, sharon the general. >> i saw my friend being killed. i was myself badly injured in battles. i had to take it seriously of life and death. believe me, i understand the importance it is better than many to speak about this. >> reporter: a paratrooper during the war of independence, ariel sharon is seen as a hero and war criminal. israel made him commander of unit 101 to carry out reprisals. on one of the missions, 69 ara...