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Anti-aircraft missile batteries destroyed

By RONNIE HOPE and ZE'EV SCHUL,
Jerusalem Post Military Reporters
October 17, 1973

TEL AVIV — An Israeli task force crossed the Suez Canal in the central sector early yesterday to attack the Egyptians to the rear of their positions on the west bank of the Canal.

Its target included surface-to-air missile sites and artillery batteries.

Ground operations in Sinai were limited yesterday to local artillery and tank duels.

The Air Force continued to give close support to the ground units. The Egyptians lost 12 planes in dogfights. With the Syrian loss of 10 yesterday, the total of enemy aircraft downed so far is 222.

Enemy interference with Air Force sorties is largely restricted to the missile systems. The Air Force is in turn concentrating on disrupting Egyptian and Syrian supply lines, the destruction of missile batteries and maintaining close ground support for the front line units.

Naval activity was limited to attempts by Egyptian missile boats to bombard Sharm e-Sheikh with a number of missile salvoes on Monday night. All missed their targets.

CAIRO CONFIRMS CAIRO (UPI) — the Egyptian military command yesterday confirmed Prime Minister Golda Meir’s announcement that an Israeli force raided Egyptian positions west of the Suez Canal.

In a special communiqué issued at 9:50 p.m. it described this as "a desperate raid," which it said took place at 2:30 p.m.

It said Egyptian artillery destroyed 3 out of 7 Israeli tanks which made a "desperate bid to raid some positions on the West Bank" of the Suez Canal.

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