Not to be confused with Battle of the Green Islands.
Operation Bulmus 6
Part of the War of Attrition
Description of the attack on Green Island
Date
19 July 1969
Location
Green Island, Gulf of Suez
Result
Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel
Egypt Sa'ka Forces
Commanders and leaders
Zeev Almog Ami Ayalon
Captain Magdy Bishara Qalini Lieutenant Mohamed Abdel Hamid Abdel Latif Lieutenant Mustafa Abdel Rahim Abu Sedira Major General Muhammad Faiq Al-Borini (Commander of the Third Field Army)[1]
Operation Bulmus 6, also known as the Green Island Raid, was a military raid conducted by special operations units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against what was believed to be an Egyptian early-warning radar and ELINT station located on a small artificial island in the Gulf of Suez on the night of 19 July 1969.
^"Magdi Bishara: 'I was just an Egyptian soldier' - Politics - Egypt". Ahram Online.
^Cite error: The named reference Time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Illustrated Directory of Special Forces, R. Bonds and D. Miller, Zenith Imprint, 2002, p.60
^Israeli Elite Units since 1948, Sam Katz, Osprey Publishing 1988, p.31-32
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Global Information
Israel
Egypt
Zeev Almog
Captain Magdy Bishara Qalini