Operation Hisul
| Operation Hisul | |||||||
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| Part of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War of the 1948 Palestine war | |||||||
Gamal Abdel Nasser in al-Faluja | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Israel | Egypt | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Benz Friedan | Sayed Taha | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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90 killed 5 captured | Equal or less than the Israeli | ||||||
Operation Hisul (Hebrew: חיסול מבצע, Mivtza Hisul, lit. Operation Liquidation) was a failed Israeli attempt to dissolve the Egyptian pocket of al-Faluja on the night of 28 December during Operation Horev. The operation was the second-worst loss suffered by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a single engagement behind the Kfar Etzion massacre in May up until that point.