Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o te pakanga ā-iwi o te tau 1947-1948 i te Mana Whakahaeretanga o Palestine me te
1948 Pakanga Arapi-Israeli I mahi a Eitan hei hoia i roto i te Yiftach Brigade, i uru ki nga mahi whawhai, ka whara i te pakanga i te ra i muri i te whakaputanga o te mana motuhake o Iharaira. I mahi hoki ia hei kaitohutohu matauranga.