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ActA
“RAVIV”
The landing
began at 03:37
am on the 9th
of September,
1969, 40 kilom-
eters south of the
Egyptian city of
Suez. Immedi-
ately the armored
landing force ad-
vanced south and
managed to drive
for over 50 kilo-
meters, The force
destruct the road
behind by “Mazlef” charge, while doing so the force wreaked havoc behind the Egyp-
tian lines, attacking Egyptian guard points, radar stations, military vehicles and other
military targets. In the operation a Soviet general was run over and killed while he was
driving along the route the landing force was taking. After 10 hours the force was evacu-
ated and returned home safely.
AFVs by LCTs, soldiers by heli-
copters.

The results
More than 100 Egyptians
were KIA and about 400 were
MIA. 70 vehicles, including
APCs, radar installations, SA-2
battery, camps and bases were
destroyed. 2 Egyptian missile
boats were sunk. 4 Israeli sol-
diers (including one combat
pilot that was hit down into the
sea) were killed, out of which
3 were F’13 fighters who were
killed on their way back to base
after completing their mission in
Operation “Escort”. They died
after a charge in their boat acci-
dentally went off.
In continuation – the IAF at-
tacked that area one week. The