Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin basasa na 1947-1948 a Mandatory Palestine
da kuma 1948 Arab-Israeli War Eitan ya yi aiki a matsayin soja a cikin Yiftach Brigade, yana shiga cikin ayyukan yaki, kuma ya ji rauni a cikin yaƙi a rana bayan da aka ayyana 'yancin kai na Isra'ila. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin jami'in leken asiri.