Operation Boxer

Operation Boxer
	Part of the War of Attrition
Date	July 20–28, 1969
Location	Suez Canal
Result	Tactical Israeli success
Belligerents
Israel	Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Haim Bar-Lev; Mordechai Hod	Ahmad Ismail Ali
Casualties and losses
2 aircraft	300 killed; 8 aircraft

Operation Boxer was an aerial offensive undertaken by the Israeli Air Force along the Suez Canal in July 1969. The first major IAF operation since the 1967 Six-Day War, the operation signaled a new phase in the War of Attrition.^[2]

^ Shalom, Danny (2007). Phantoms over Cairo - Israeli Air Force in the War of Attrition (1967–1970) (in Hebrew). Bavir Aviation & Space Publications. p. 360. ISBN 965-90455-2-2.
^ Nordeen, Lon; Nicolle, David (1996). Phoenix Over The Nile - A History of Egyptian Air Power 1922–1994. Smithsonian. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-56098-626-3.

[shalom-1] Shalom, Danny (2007). Phantoms over Cairo - Israeli Air Force in the War of Attrition (1967–1970) (in Hebrew). Bavir Aviation & Space Publications. p. 360. ISBN 965-90455-2-2.

[Phoenix-2] Nordeen, Lon; Nicolle, David (1996). Phoenix Over The Nile - A History of Egyptian Air Power 1922–1994. Smithsonian. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-56098-626-3.

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