Operation Shock

Operation Shock מבצע הלם
Part of War of Attrition
Super Frelon helicopter
Date October 31, 1968; 56 years ago (1968-10-31) Location Egypt Result 1. Mission successful: Qena bridge irreparably damaged Nag-Hammadi dam damaged 7 out of 9 transformers destroyed 2. Egyptian shelling on IDF positions along the Suez canal halted for four months.[1]
Belligerents
Israel	Egypt
Strength
14 paratroopers, 4 Super-Frelon helicopters
Casualties and losses
None

Operation Shock (Hebrew: מבצע הלם) was a commando operation executed on October 31, 1968, by Israeli paratroopers. Targets of the raid were the new Qena bridge 280 miles south of Cairo, the Nag Hammadi bridge 35 miles west of Qena span and the Nag Hammadi transformer station near the bridge. The station provided electricity to the area and was described as a switching station on a high tension line between Cairo and the Aswan Dam. ^[2]