Golda Meir16 October 1973
Israeli forces cross the Suez Canal and begin threatening Egyptian rear areas.
Israel · Warfare / Yom Kippur War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Israeli forces cross the Suez Canal and begin threatening Egyptian rear areas.
Israeli tanks under Sharon cross the Suez Canal and begin to threaten the rear of Egyptian forces.
Leads armored forces across the Suez Canal as Israel expands its west-bank bridgehead.
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