Operation Raviv

Operation Raviv
Part of the War of Attrition

Israeli Tiran-5 (T-55) at Latrun
DateSeptember 9, 1969
Location
Egypt's Red Sea coast, southwest of Suez
Result Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel Israel  Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Haim Bar Lev
Avraham Adan
Avraham Botzer		 Ahmad Ismail Ali
Casualties and losses
3 killed
1 missing		 100–200 killed[1]

Operation Raviv (Hebrew: רביב, Drizzle), also known in Egypt as the Zaafarana accident (Arabic: حادثة الزعفرانة)[2] or the Ten-Hour War, was a mounted raid conducted by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Egypt's Red Sea coast during the War of Attrition. Taking place on September 9, 1969, Raviv was the sole major ground offensive undertaken by the IDF against Egypt throughout the war. The operation saw Israeli forces masquerading as Egyptian troops and using captured Arab armor.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b "The War And The Woman". Time Magazine. September 19, 1969. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  2. ^ "في ذكراه.. الفريق أحمد إسماعيل.. عزله عبد الناصر وعينه السادات وزيرًا للحربية". الوفد.
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