- Operation Gown
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Operation Gown Part of the Yom Kippur War Date October 12, 1973 Location Al-Qutayfah, Syria Result Israeli victory Belligerents 
Israel
SyriaCommanders and leaders Major Shaul Mofaz unknown Strength Sayeret Tzanhanim Syrian infantry forces Casualties and losses none bridge Destroyed, a number of tank transporters destroyed, several Syrian soldiers killed. Yom Kippur WarSyrian front
1st Hermon – Valley of Tears – Model 5 – Latakia – 2nd Hermon – Syrian GHQ Raid – Gown – al-Mazzah Airport Raid – 3rd Hermon
Egyptian front
Badr – Budapest – Lahtzanit – Ofira – Romani – Marsa Talamat – Tagar – Baltim – Sinai – Mansoura – Chinese Farm – Egyptian Missile Bases Raid – 25th Brigade ambush – Ismailia – Scud missile attack – Suez
International front
Nickel GrassOperation Gown (Hebrew: כתונת, Ketonet), was a military operation conducted deep inside Syria by Sayeret Tzanhanim, the reconnaissance platoon of the Israeli Defence Forces' Paratroopers Brigade. It took place on October 12, 1973, during the Yom Kippur War. The paratroopers destroyed a bridge in the tri-border area of Iraq, Syria and Jordan, thereby disrupting the flow of weapons and military forces to Syria.
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