*** Welcome to piglix ***

War of attrition

War of Attrition
Part of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Cold War
A map
The Israeli–Egyptian war of Attrition was centered largely on the Suez Canal.
Date July 1, 1967 – August 7, 1970 (ceasefire)
(3 years, 1 month and 6 days)
Location Sinai Peninsula (Israeli control)
Result

Egyptian front:

  • Inconclusive (both sides claim victory)
  • Continued Israeli control of Sinai
  • Creation of the Bar Lev Line

Jordanian front:

Belligerents
 Israel

 Egypt
 Soviet Union


PLO
 Jordan
 Syria
Commanders and leaders
Levi Eshkol
Yigal Allon
Zalman Shazar
Haim Bar-Lev
Mordechai Hod
Uzi Narkiss
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ahmad Ismail Ali
Anwar El Sadat
Saad El Shazly
Abdul Munim Riad 
Nikolai Yurchenko 
Strength
275,000 (including reserves) Egyptian: 200,000
Soviet: 10,700–15,000
Jordanian: 15,000
PLO: 900-1,000
Casualties and losses
694–1,424 soldiers killed
227 civilians killed
2,659 wounded, from this 999 at the Egyptian front
14–30 aircraft
Egypt:
2,882–10,000 soldiers and civilians killed
6,285 wounded
60–114 aircraft lost
PLO:
1,828 killed
2,500 captured
Jordan:
40-84 killed
108-250 wounded
4 captured
30 tanks
Soviet Union:
58 dead
4–5 aircraft
Cuba:
180 dead
250 wounded
Syria:
Hundreds of casualties

Egyptian front:

Jordanian front:

 Egypt
 Soviet Union

The War of Attrition (Arabic: حرب الاستنزاف‎‎ Ḥarb al-Istinzāf, Hebrew: מלחמת ההתשה‎‎ Milhemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, PLO and their allies from 1967 to 1970.

Following the 1967 Six-Day War, no serious diplomatic efforts tried to resolve the issues at the heart of the Arab–Israeli conflict. In September 1967, the Arab states formulated the "three nos" policy, barring peace, recognition or negotiations with Israel. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser believed that only military initiative would compel Israel or the international community to facilitate a full Israeli withdrawal from Sinai, and hostilities soon resumed along the Suez Canal.


...
Wikipedia

...