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| Operation Abirey-Halev | |||||||
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| Part of Yom Kippur War | |||||||
 Israeli tank crosses the Suez Canal on a bridge formed by the Combat Engineering Corps | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Israel |
 Egypt | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ariel Sharon Amnon Reshef Danny Matt Haim Erez Tuvia Raviv Aharon Tene (Johnny) Giora Lev | N/A | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Division 143 14th Armored Brigade 247th paratroopers reserve Brigade 421th armored reserve division 600th armored reserve division Combat Engineering Corps Shayetet 11 | N/A | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Heavy | ||||||
Operation Abirey-Halev or Operation Abirey-Lev (lit. Knights of the Heart) also known as Operation Stouthearted Men and Operation Valiant, code-named Operation Gazelle (Hebrew: מבצע אבירי לב, Arabic: ثغرة الدفرسوار), was an Israeli operation that took place in the center of the Suez Canal on 15–23 October 1973 during the Yom Kippur War.[1][2]
- ^ Dori, Yoram (August 22, 2013). "The IDF'S 600th Armored Brigade in the Yom Kippur War". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
- ^ Dunstan, Simon (2012). The Yom Kippur War 1973 (2): The Sinai. Osprey Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 9781782006916.