Operation Gown




























Operation Gown
Part of the Yom Kippur War













Date October 12, 1973
Location

Al-Qutayfah, Syria
Result
Israeli victory
Belligerents

 Israel

 Syria
Commanders and leaders

Major Shaul Mofaz

Unknown
Strength

Sayeret Tzanhanim

Syrian infantry forces
Casualties and losses

None

Bridge destroyed, a number of tank transporters destroyed, several Syrian soldiers killed.


Operation Gown (Hebrew: כתונת‎, Ketonet), was a military operation conducted deep inside Syria by Sayeret Tzanhanim, the reconnaissance platoon of the Israeli Defense Forces' Paratroopers Brigade. It took place on October 12, 1973, during the Yom Kippur War. The paratroopers destroyed a bridge in the tri-border area of Iraq, Syria and Jordan, thereby disrupting the transfer of weapons and military forces between Syria and its allies.



External links







  • My war- Maj. Gen. (Res.) Shaul Mofaz: 300 miles deep inside Syria on nrg













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