{"id":62268,"date":"2018-10-31T13:23:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T11:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=62268"},"modified":"2018-12-06T13:04:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T11:04:32","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-%d8%a3%d8%a8%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b5%d9%86%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d8%a3%d9%83%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%a8%d8%b1-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-%d8%a3%d8%a8%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b5%d9%86%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d8%a3%d9%83%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%a8%d8%b1-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes Made the Victory \u2013 October 2018 \u2013 Al Fairouz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0My felicitations to all Egyptians at the remembrance of the glorious victory of October, wishing Egypt and her great people all peace, good and prosperity. I also express my felicitations to the Armed Forces figures at this fragrant occasion which recalls to our minds and renews the remembrance of our courageous army\u2019s heroism, to which the entire world bears witness. The glorious victory of October was a challenge against all the obstacles that were posed before the Egyptians.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Nonetheless, neither the enemy nor the whole world realized that the more obstacles set before the Egyptian, the more his determination and will get strengthened and sharpened for surmounting the impossible, overcoming the crises and achieving victories. In the aftermath of 1967 Setback, when the land, the weapons and the equipments were lost, an earthen berm was set up, and it was claimed to be fortified and undemolishable, it was stronger than Maginot Line which had been built by the French after World War I. The attempt to cross that line meant nothing but death, besides, its base contained tubes flowing into Suez Canal, in order for their surfaces to be ignited with Napalm upon any attempt of crossing the berm, and thus, crossing it became a kind of life challenges. There was a compelling need to provide the army with equipments and exercises in order to engage in a history making battle, as the defeat highlighted the weakness points and gaps that needed to be internally built and changed.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The beginning was made by the Egyptians, the real heroes, the makers of the victory during the construction phase that went hand in hand with the developments made by the heroic soldiers regarding their abilities and skills, harnessing them to make the enemy incur consecutive losses during the War of Attrition which lasted for nearly three years and a half and included three stages: steadfastness, confrontation and defense then deterrence and decisiveness. Thus, the Egyptian Armed Forces were built from within, also the Air Defense and Air Force systems were fully constructed, and their members were reorganized and retrained. At the same time, the wills were sharpened, and the intellectual, planning and combat skills were employed in carrying out successful military operations, inflicting a heavy defeat on the enemy and rebuilding confidence of Egypt\u2019s sons.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Egyptian Heroisms<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Egyptian heroisms broke forth in the aftermath of Egypt\u2019s setback in 1967, as Egypt has presented heroes everyday who know nothing but love for the country, which surmounts any other love in their life. This journey continued until the victory of October, 6th, 1973 was achieved.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The War of Attrition included many attacks against the occupation forces in Sinai and other arenas, resulting in launching several operations against them like: bombing an Israeli driller in the Atlantic Ocean, and \u201cdestroying Eilat\u201d Operation, in which the port was booby trapped, army men were killed, and a battleship was sunk by the Egyptian Frogmen.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Brigadier General Ibrahim Al Rafe\u2019i<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0He is the leader of \u201cGroup 39 \u2013 Fight\u201d which was charged with dangerous missions in the War of Attrition, and did them successfully. He was called \u201cthe Legend of the Egyptian Thunderbolt (Sa\u2019ka) Forces\u201d for he accomplished more than 70 suicide attacks behind the enemy lines 1967 \u2013 1973! Amidst his operations, he managed to destroy the border crossing of the Israeli army at Defreswar Canal.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Brigadier General Ibrahim Al Rafe\u2019i was known for his bravery and unprecedented boldness since joining the Military Academy then the Infantry after his graduation. Egypt saw his courage upon the Tripartite Aggression in 1956 as he participated in defending Port Said City and in forming the first Thunderbolt Forces in Egypt. He also showed uncountable championships during his engagement at Yemen War. He was then selected to lead a group of commandos to embark on special operations in Sinai. This group was later called \u201cGroup 39 \u2013 Fight\u201d, and it launched \u2013 under his leadership \u2013 a number of tough missions like: blowing up a train for the enemy at Al Sheikh Zuweid, destroying the ammunition repositories which were left behind by our forces after retracting in 1967\u2019s setback, in addition to captivating the first Israeli officer and taking him back to Cairo without injuries.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cGroup 39 \u2013 Fight\u201d excelled in carrying out several operations that it became a nightmare for the enemy, the Israeli newspapers called it \u201cthe Egyptian Devils\u201d. In 1968, the group was charged with bringing the ground to ground missiles which were released by the enemy to counter the construction of the Egyptian Armed Forces and to test its impact on individuals and equipments in case of being applied to the Egyptian Army.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The Egyptian hero, together with his group, crossed the Suez Canal, and returned carrying three missiles! This mission had a great echo in Egypt and Israel, that it caused the Israeli leader in charge of the missiles\u2019 bases to be removed!<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cGroup 39 \u2013 Fight\u201d \u2013 under the leadership of Brigadier General Al Rafe\u2019i- avenged the assassination of Chief of Staff Martyr Abdul Munim Riad: They crossed the Canal, occupied \u201cFerryboat 6\u201d site, from which the grenades were thrown, thus they killed the enemy\u2019s soldiers, raised the Egyptian flag over the ferryboat\u2019s ruins after crushing it, the flag remained raised for nearly three months.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0With the rage of October\u2019s battles, the battalion of Al Sa\u2019ka, led by Al Rafe\u2019I, managed to destroy the petrol wells in Balaeim\u2019s area, in the eastern canal to deprive the enemy of its benefits, also they succeeded in raiding over Al Tour Airport, destroying some of the enemy\u2019s airplanes resting there. On October 18, the men of Al Rafe\u2019i crossed the canal until they reached Defreswar area in order to destruct the border crossing set by the enemy to reach the west, they indeed managed to blow it up, putting an end to the Israeli creeping into the region. Amidst the fighting with the enemy, the hero Ibrahim Al Rafe\u2019i was injured by a shell burst from nearby Israeli cannon, he was then taken to Al Galaa Hospital, yet he passed away, offering his life and blood as a ransom for Egypt.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Ahmed Nasr Abdul Halim<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0He was one of the heroes of the maritime sa\u2019ka during the wars of attrition and October. He managed to cross the Suez Canal for 49 times between the years 1969 \u2013 1970 and to captivate an Israeli officer. In one of his missions, he managed to stay for about 48 hours in the Suez Canal waters in order to save one of the members who launched a destroying operation against an Israeli patrol, he was able to return with the hero and his RPG weapon to the other bank of the Canal. He also took part in clearing the Suez Canal.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The heroisms of victory is not confined to the members of the great army, but rather it expanded to each Egyptian citizen, for example:<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Commando Salma Shumait<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Her appearance revealed nothing except being a humble Bedouin woman who was tending the flocks. However, Lady Salma Shumait is one of the Egyptian rigid figures who carried out commando acts in perfect bravery and secrecy. The enemy saw her as only a shepherd in Sinai desert, yet she used to carry mines she received from her husband and children on her back, taking them to the nearest site for the target, marking them with a sign, then burying them at night in the ground along the way of the Israeli armored vehicles. She endured the martyrdom of her husband in one of the operations, then her son\u2019s martyrdom in a next one, and the captivation of her other son in a third operation. Amidst all this, she had never lost her rigidness, she was summoned up by the Israeli Intelligence to persuade her son to confess about his armored organization, yet she strengthened him, encouraged him to keep firm until the land gets liberated!<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The great October is a coherent series of work, training and heroism until the victory was achieved by heroes whose journey will never stop.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0My felicitations to all Egyptians at the remembrance of the glorious victory of October, wishing Egypt and her great people all peace, good and prosperity. I also express my felicitations to the Armed Forces figures at this fragrant occasion which recalls to our minds and renews the remembrance of our courageous army\u2019s heroism, to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":10623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[12187,12185,12186,12003,12004,3256],"class_list":["post-62268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-al-fairouz","tag-heroes-made-the-victory","tag-october-2018","tag-12003","tag-12004","tag-3256"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63431,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62268\/revisions\/63431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}