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Egypt Buries Officer who Thought to Break Bar Lev Line

Maj. Gen. Baki Zaki Youssef. Asharq Al-Awsat
Maj. Gen. Baki Zaki Youssef. Asharq Al-Awsat
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Egypt Buries Officer who Thought to Break Bar Lev Line

Maj. Gen. Baki Zaki Youssef. Asharq Al-Awsat
Maj. Gen. Baki Zaki Youssef. Asharq Al-Awsat

The Egyptian army officer credited with the idea to destroy the Israeli Bar Lev line on the Suez Canal's eastern bank during the 1973 Arab Israeli war, has been laid to rest.

Baki Zaki Youssef died on Saturday at the age of 87.

His funeral took place on Sunday at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in the district of Heliopolis in Cairo.

Youssef has been hailed as a hero for thinking to destroy the Bar Lev line with water pumps.

In 1973, Egyptian forces launched a surprise attack across the Suez Canal, cutting through the Bar Lev line of Israeli defenses.

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Israeli Airstrike Targets Shepherds in Border Town of Shebaa

A picture taken near the Moshav Kfar Yuval in northern Israel, shows Israeli shellings on the Lebanese side of the disputed Shebaa Farms district on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
A picture taken near the Moshav Kfar Yuval in northern Israel, shows Israeli shellings on the Lebanese side of the disputed Shebaa Farms district on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
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Israeli Airstrike Targets Shepherds in Border Town of Shebaa

A picture taken near the Moshav Kfar Yuval in northern Israel, shows Israeli shellings on the Lebanese side of the disputed Shebaa Farms district on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
A picture taken near the Moshav Kfar Yuval in northern Israel, shows Israeli shellings on the Lebanese side of the disputed Shebaa Farms district on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Israel carried out a new attack in south Lebanon on Tuesday firing at shepherds in the border town of Shebaa.

The Israeli drone strike killed two, a shepherd and his son from the Kanaan family. The shepherd's second son was also hit, said the state-run National News agency.

On Monday, and Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle on Wadi al-Nemrieh road in Zefta-south Lebanon.

Israel does not abide by the terms of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire that came into effect on November 27. Its forces still occupy five strategic points in south Lebanon, and its military continues to carry out airstrikes in south and east Lebanon, and in the southern suburbs of Beirut.