Hava Nagila but you’re the last line of defense at the Golan Heights

The Yom Kippur War was an armed conflict fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. The majority of combat between the two sides took place in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. The war began on 6 October 1973, when the Arab coalition jointly launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. At the onset of the battle, the Israeli brigades of some 3,000 troops, 180 tanks and 60 artillery pieces faced off against three infantry divisions with large armor components comprising 28,000 Syrian troops, 800 tanks and 600 artillery pieces. Israeli high command had allocated a single armored brigade, the 188th, accepting a disparity in tank numbers of eighteen to one. Over four days of fighting, the 7th Armored Brigade in the north under Avigdor Ben-Gal managed to hold the rocky hill line defending the northern flank of their headquarters in Nafah, inflicting heavy losses on the Syrians. After this fight, the Israeli brigade would refer to the gap as the “Valley of Tears“. By October 10, the last Syrian unit in the central sector was pushed back across the Purple Line, the pre-war ceasefire line. After four days of intense and incessant combat, the Israelis had succeeded in ejecting the Syrians from the entire Golan. - #Golan_Heights_front Footage used from the HBO Show, “Valley Of Tears“ - Highly recommend it! Hava Nagila = “Let us rejoice“ - Many thanks to my kind Patrons! Without them I certainly would have stopped these by now: ZiChev Diak Petrov Burki Tim Speller Big Donk, The Donkinator Nicholas martin Kaleb Gleason kss0 King Cheems JamesRL2552 Finalzero Matthew Jones Bob Lu H Carl Neumann Shane lol Mart nerdcubednerd Elijah Finley Vinson Boi Trenchy B_A_N_S_H_E_E Friendly Doc Tunfischblume Pedro Trejos Yee Yee Blackhawk50 Smiley Fren ND178 krk Henrik The Helpful Cat Thomas Vallely Samuel MaxA John Belardo Wacky Wild Weasel Eli siebold magnolia AlexInTheOcean DSOULCRUSHER Nick Bauermeister Captain Max
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