At this point, Kahalani's companies were scattered across seventeen kilometres between Hermonit and Bunker 109.
He decided to allow the T-62s to close in on his position in order to reduce the Syrian advantages of numbers and night-vision.
He ordered all the men under cover and requested Israeli artillery shelling of the position for protection.
? Zamir had two tanks left and requested permission to withdraw, but Ben-Gal turned him down.
One Israeli Centurion was hit, and an Israeli platoon that was sent northward to guard the Dan Road was caught between the Moroccans moving against In late afternoon, Hofi decided that the Barak Brigade's 65 tanks could not contain the Syrian attack alone, and committed the 7th Brigade's 105 Centurions.
Syrian tanks were moving forward, 50–910 m (55–995 yd) away.
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Ben Shoham ordered his battalion commanders, Nafshi and Oded Erez, to deploy their nearly seventy Centurion tanks in prepared battle positions.The Syrian 85th Infantry Brigade assault column reached the Israeli anti-tank ditch before its officers noticed that the engineers were not in the vanguard. When it subsided, Kahalani could see no Syrian tanks moving ahead.
Kahalani was ordered to leave a small force to the south to protect the brigade flank.
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The Syrian tanks and commandos bypassed the Israelis and destroyed many tanks with At dawn, 130 Syrian tanks and many APCs were lying in the valley, many of them behind or between the Israeli positions.
Get track Each of the 82nd Brigade's ninety-five Lieutenant-Colonel Yosef Eldar, commander of the 75th Armored infantry Battalion and responsible for the area penetrated by the 78th Brigade, was wounded, and Ben Gal ordered Kahalani to assume responsibility. The company Kahalani left behind was attacked in the afternoon, but the attacking Syrian force of about twenty tanks was destroyed.The Syrians attacked the central sector again at 22:00 with artillery.
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Nafshi continued with three APCs past Booster and entered A3 with the supplies.When the 7th Brigade withdrew from the hill, the artillery stopped and Syrian tanks mounted the hill to fire at them.
A Syrian anti-tank unit tried to advance down the Bnot Yaakov Road, in front of Bunker 107, not knowing it was occupied.
The first battalion was stationed on the At 13:55, while Nafshi's sector came under a heavy artillery barrage, several soldiers along the Purple Line reported that the Syrians were removing the camouflage nets from their tanks and artillery.
With a kiss and a song Spend the rest of my day Without any care Ev'ryone understands me In the valley of tears Soft words has been spoken So sweet an low But my mind has made up Love has got to go Spend the rest of my day Without any care Ev'ryone understand me In the valley of tears.
tells us that the song was always called "96 Tears," and never "69 Tears" or "Too Many Teardrops" as sometimes reported.
The sorrow turns to hope and joy when set to music. The armored brigade had three battalions of forty tanks each.
The actual number of Syrian tanks was about 1,260. The Syrians fired a heavy artillery barrage.
As the Israeli's were often firing at least two or more shells to the Syrians one, this would prove a major factor in offsetting the disparity of the forces.On the dawn of 7 October, the area between Hermonit and Booster was named "Valley of Tears" because of the great number of burning tanks lying across it.The 77th Battalion was moved from south of Kuneitra to the central sector at Hermonit.
It gives hope when all seems to be lost. Although massively outnumbered, the Israeli forces managed to hold their positions and on the fourth day of the battle the Syrians withdrew, just as the Israeli defenses were almost at the point of collapse.
Kahalani warned his men to remain on the lookout for antitank squads.The Israeli brigade, with fewer than 40 tanks, was facing approximately 500 Syrian tanks. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.
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