What the records say
- When
- 9 Nov 1948
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 31.65° N, 34.68° E
- Description
- 1948 military operation
Operation Shmone
Israeli capture of Egyptian police fort, 1948
Operation Shmone was an Israeli military operation conducted against the Egyptian-held police fort of Iraq Suwaydan in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The battle was fought between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army on 9 November 1948, and ended in an Israeli victory, following numerous previous Israeli attempts to capture the fort, two of them in Operation Yoav just weeks before.
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