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Operation Boxer
| Operation Boxer | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the War of Attrition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Israel |
 Egypt | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Haim Bar-Lev Mordechai Hod | Ahmad Ismail Ali | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 aircraft |
300 killed[1] 8 aircraft | ||||||
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.[2]
- ^ Shalom, Danny (2007). Phantoms over Cairo - Israeli Air Force in the War of Attrition (1967–1970) (in Hebrew). Bavir Aviation & Space Publications. p. 360. ISBN 965-90455-2-2.
- ^ Nordeen, Lon; Nicolle, David (1996). Phoenix Over The Nile - A History of Egyptian Air Power 1922–1994. Smithsonian. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-56098-626-3.
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