Operation Abirey-Halev

Operation Abirey-Halev
Part of Yom Kippur War

Israeli tank crosses the Suez Canal on a bridge formed by the Combat Engineering Corps
Date15-23 October 1973
Location
Result Israeli victory
Belligerents
 Israel  Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Ariel Sharon
Amnon Reshef
Danny Matt
Haim Erez
Tuvia Raviv
Aharon Tene (Johnny)
Giora Lev
N/A
Units involved
Division 143
14th Armored Brigade
247th paratroopers reserve Brigade
421th armored reserve division
600th armored reserve division
Combat Engineering Corps
Shayetet 11
N/A
Casualties and losses
Heavy Heavy

Operation Abirey-Halev or Operation Abirey-Lev (lit. Knights of the Heart) also known as Operation Stouthearted Men and Operation Valiant, code-named Operation Gazelle (Hebrew: מבצע אבירי לב, Arabic: ثغرة الدفرسوار), was an Israeli operation that took place in the center of the Suez Canal on 15–23 October 1973 during the Yom Kippur War.[1][2]

  1. ^ Dori, Yoram (August 22, 2013). "The IDF'S 600th Armored Brigade in the Yom Kippur War". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
  2. ^ Dunstan, Simon (2012). The Yom Kippur War 1973 (2): The Sinai. Osprey Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 9781782006916.