Operation Abirey-Halev
| Operation Abirey-Halev | |||||||
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| Part of Yom Kippur War | |||||||
 Israeli tank crosses the Suez Canal on a bridge formed by the Combat Engineering Corps | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Israel |
.svg.png){kind=small} Egypt | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ariel Sharon Amnon Reshef Danny Matt Haim Erez Tuvia Raviv Aharon Tene (Johnny) | N/A | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Division 143 14th Armored Brigade 247th paratroopers reserve unit 421th armored reserve division 600th armored reserve division Combat Engineering Corps | N/A | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Heavy | ||||||
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Operation Abirey-Halev or Operation Abirey-lev, also known as Operation Stouthearted Men, code-named Operation Gazelle (Hebrew: מבצע אבירי לב, Arabic: ثغرة الدفرسوار), is an Israeli operation that took place in the center of Suez Canal on 15-23 October 1973 during the Yom Kippur War.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Dori, Yoram (August 22, 2013). "The IDF'S 600th Armored Brigade in the Yom Kippur War". The Jerusalem Post – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Dunstan, Simon (2012). The Yom Kippur War 1973 (2): The Sinai. Osprey Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 9781782006916.
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