Battle of Rumani Coast

Battle of Rumani Coast
	Part of the War of Attrition
	; Israeli MTB crew raise the broom on the topmast as a traditional maritime sign of victory.
Date	July 11, 1967; 57 years ago
Location	Sinai coast, near Rumani vicinity
Result	Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel	Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Yitzhak Shushan; Eli Rahav	Unknown
Strength
1 destroyer; 2 torpedo boats	2 torpedo boats
Casualties and losses
none	2 MTBs sunk; no known survivors

The Battle of Rumani Coast (Hebrew: קרב רומני, romanized: Krav Rumani) was a naval engagement that took place on the night of July 11, 1967 between Israeli and Egyptian naval forces, near the vicinity of Rumani. Two Egyptian motor torpedo boats were sunk in the action for no Israeli losses.^[1]

^ The Israel Navy Throughout Israel's Wars Archived 2016-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Virtual Library

[JVL-1] The Israel Navy Throughout Israel's Wars Archived 2016-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Virtual Library

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