Operation Rooster 53

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Operation Rooster 53
Part of the War of Attrition
Former Egyptian P-12 radar at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim
Date December 26–27, 1969 Location Ras Ghareb, Egypt Result Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel	Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Haim Bar Lev	Saad El Shazly
Casualties and losses
1 wounded	2 killed 4 captured

Operation Rooster 53 was an Israeli military operation during the War of Attrition to capture an Egyptian P-12 radar system.^[1] Often referred to as merely Operation Rooster, it was carried out on December 26 and 27, 1969. Participating forces included the 50th Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade, the elite paratrooper reconnaissance unit Sayeret Tzanhanim, and the Israeli Air Force.