Operation Boxer

Operation Boxer
Part of the War of Attrition
DateJuly 20–28, 1969 (1969-07-20 – 1969-07-28)
Location
Result Tactical Israeli success
Belligerents
 Israel Egypt Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Haim Bar-Lev
Mordechai Hod
Ahmad Ismail Ali
Casualties and losses
2 aircraft 300 killed[1]
8 aircraft

Operation Boxer was an aerial offensive undertaken by the Israeli Air Force along the Suez Canal in July 1969. The first major IAF operation since the 1967 Six-Day War, the operation signaled a new phase in the War of Attrition.[2]

  1. ^ Shalom, Danny (2007). Phantoms over Cairo - Israeli Air Force in the War of Attrition (1967–1970) (in Hebrew). Bavir Aviation & Space Publications. p. 360. ISBN 965-90455-2-2.
  2. ^ Nordeen, Lon; Nicolle, David (1996). Phoenix Over The Nile - A History of Egyptian Air Power 1922–1994. Smithsonian. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-56098-626-3.