Operation Raviv

Operation Raviv
	Part of the War of Attrition
	; Israeli Tiran-5 (T-55) at Latrun
Date	September 9, 1969
Location	Egypt's Red Sea coast, southwest of Suez
Result	Israeli victory
Belligerents
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

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]

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