Operation Bulmus 6

Not to be confused with Battle of the Green Islands.

Operation Bulmus 6
Part of the War of Attrition

Description of the attack on Green Island
Date19 July 1969
Location
Green Island, Gulf of Suez
Result Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel Egypt
Sa'ka Forces
Commanders and leaders
Israel Zeev Almog
Israel Ami Ayalon		 Egypt Captain Magdy Bishara Qalini
Egypt Lieutenant Mohamed Abdel Hamid Abdel Latif
Egypt Lieutenant Mustafa Abdel Rahim Abu Sedira
Egypt Major General Muhammad Faiq Al-Borini
(Commander of the Third Field Army)[1]
Strength
40+[2] Sayeret Matkal and Shayetet 13 Egypt: ~75 infantry, 30 Signalers
As-Sa'iqa: 12 commandos
Casualties and losses
6 killed[3]
11 wounded		 80 killed[4]

Operation Bulmus 6, also known as the Green Island Raid, was a military raid conducted by special operations units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against what was believed to be an Egyptian early-warning radar and ELINT station located on a small artificial island in the Gulf of Suez on the night of 19 July 1969.

  1. ^ "Magdi Bishara: 'I was just an Egyptian soldier' - Politics - Egypt". Ahram Online.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Illustrated Directory of Special Forces, R. Bonds and D. Miller, Zenith Imprint, 2002, p.60
  4. ^ Israeli Elite Units since 1948, Sam Katz, Osprey Publishing 1988, p.31-32