Operation Abirey-Halev
| 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.