What the records say
- When
- 20 Jul 1969 – 28 Jul 1969
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 30.70° N, 32.34° E
- Description
- chain of air strikes made on Egyptian front by Israel on the west of Suez Canal
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Boxer
1969 Israeli aerial offensive at Suez Canal
Operation Boxer was an aerial offensive undertaken by the Israeli Air Force along the Suez Canal in July 1969. The first major IAF operation since the 1967 Six-Day War, the operation signaled a new phase in the War of Attrition.
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