✦ History

War of Attrition

July 1, 1967 – August 7, 1970

Egypt, with Soviet help, fought Israel along the Suez Canal after the Six-Day War, using artillery, air raids and commando attacks. The war ended in a ceasefire with no change in the lines.

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Battles 9

July 11, 1967
Battle of Rumani Coast Israeli victory
March 21, 1968
Battle of Karameh Both sides claim victory Karameh Yasser Arafat, Levi Eshkol, Hussein I of Jordan
October 31, 1968
Operation Shock
1969
Operation Rooster 53 Israeli victory Saad el-Shazly
July 19, 1969
Operation Bulmus 6 Israeli victory Green Island
July 20–28, 1969
Operation Boxer Tactical Israeli success Ahmad Ismail Ali, Mordechai Hod
September 9, 1969
Operation Raviv Israeli victory Ahmad Ismail Ali, Avraham Adan
January 22, 1970
Operation Rhodes Israeli victory Red Sea Saad el-Shazly
July 30, 1970
Operation Rimon 20 Israeli victory Sinai Peninsula Mordechai Hod

Key commanders

Arab states 8

Gamal Abdel Nasser belligerent leader Yasser Arafat belligerent leader Anwar Sadat military commander Hussein I of Jordan belligerent leader Ahmad Ismail Ali belligerent leader Saad el-Shazly military commander Andrei Grechko military commander Abdul Munim Riad military commander

Israel 10

Yigal Allon belligerent leader Ariel Sharon belligerent leader Levi Eshkol belligerent leader Mordechai Hod belligerent leader Uzi Narkiss military commander Moshe Dayan military commander Danny Matt military commander Shmuel Gonen military commander Raphael Eitan military commander Avraham Adan military commander

Jordan 6

Yasser Arafat military commander Hussein I of Jordan military commander Khalil al-Wazir military commander Amer Khammash military commander Mashour Haditha Al-Jazy military commander Abu Ali Iyad military commander

Egypt 2

Ahmad Ismail Ali military commander Saad el-Shazly military commander

United Arab Republic 1

Saad el-Shazly military commander