{"id":70453,"date":"2019-10-09T10:43:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T08:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=70453"},"modified":"2019-10-20T15:12:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T13:12:25","slug":"%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%88%d8%a9-317-%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%b9%d8%a8-9102019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%88%d8%a9-317-%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d8%b9%d8%a8-9102019\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Egypt 317 \u2013 \u201cThe impossible war\u2026The terror war\u201d \u2013 9\/10\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">When we talk about October, we only set off into one of the most significant pages of the Egyptian history as we go deeply through it with joy and pride in talking about the Egyptian pride and dignity that battle fields witnessed, also talking about the Egyptian ability and proficiency to reach what the world thought to be impossible and out of reach. This story is about love to the homeland that history immortalized into the heroic actions written by our righteous martyrs\u2019 blood.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">I recall some words I read by one of the reporters of BBC broadcast in which he described one of the heroes of commandos (Sa&#8217;ka Forces) who scarified himself just to make a way through enemy fortifications for his troops. These were heroic actions that the whole world talked about in addition to the enemies themselves!<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">An Israeli tank commander mentioned about Egyptian heroes:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cThey came out from between the burnt tank tracks while loading RPG canons and firing it on us from a distance of only twenty meters whereas a safe distance would be at least from two hundred meters!! They were crazy as they decided to scarifice their lives to stop us from moving forward even for one meter.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The impossible war<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u201cWe watched the war, we saw it approaching and some of us didn\u2019t believe that it was going to happen. Some warned of it and wished that their warnings would not be believed. We watched it happening and wished for a moment it would end, we also watched the fighters in their most difficult times in addition, to their most painful moments\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Those were the words of some Israeli journalists about October 73 war that the whole world especially the enemy considered it impossible. As everybody believed that there was no chance that both Egypt and Syria would launch a war against Israel in the nearest future! Even if that happened, the army of Israel had the ability to confront and conquer them.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The Israeli Chief of staff declared in 19-4-1973:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable that Egyptians will open fire because such a step would endanger them greatly. Nevertheless we ought to be prepared even to any unbelievable actions from their side.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">October war proved their wrong beliefs as they underestimated and didn\u2019t realize the nature of the Egyptians, their abilities, determination, and their deeply rooted love to their country. The war happened and ended with triumph.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The terror war<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">October war came fulfilling the dream that Egyptians kept within their hearts till they made it a fact and achieved victory. With the first sparkle of war, the shadow of terror grew into the hearts of the enemy soldiers; as one of the armored officers in the Golan Heights\u00a0wrote:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cI participated in three wars as follows: \u201cthe sixth days\u2019 war\u201d and \u201cWar of Attrition\u201d and that war \u201cOctober War\u201d. No sooner had I heard about that war than I started trembling as I was sure that I would be eliminated that time\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">On the 6th\u00a0of October, the Israeli reports said that:<span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0\u201cThe Egyptians were crossing over through the canal with huge numbers of soldiers, hundreds of rubber boats, and boats made of glass fibers through the runways of the western side of the canal\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">As one of the officers at the southern frontier screamed that the situation was hopeless, meanwhile the Israeli armored officer in Sinai requested for air coverage to cease the Egyptians from marching forward:<span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0\u201cIf you didn\u2019t send air forces, the southern and middle (sectors) would fall. At least two hundred tanks were flowing in the middle and on the south sides. Air forces ought to be sent immediately, as aircrafts might be able to stop their crossing over.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">But crossing over didn\u2019t stop, and Egyptians were victorious along the canal.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Some Israeli writers mentioned that: \u201cIn less than 24 hours, Israel turned from a major military country, into a country that its military forces became a symbol and a model to all armies around the world\u2026 to a country fighting fiercely for its existence at a time it became overshadowed with devastation.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">October glorious victory is not just memories that we narrate throughout the years but it is a mobilized power that assures the Egyptian intelligence and determination also puts us before a grave responsibility to keep our homeland safe and work hard to construct it during peaceful and war times. It is a responsibility and a role that we all must realize.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">I congratulate all of you with the glorious October victories and I wish our dear country \u201cEgypt\u201d all goodness, peace, prosperity and progress.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Stories about Beautiful Egypt never end!<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">General Bishop<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we talk about October, we only set off into one of the most significant pages of the Egyptian history as we go deeply through it with joy and pride in talking about the Egyptian pride and dignity that battle fields witnessed, also talking about the Egyptian ability and proficiency to reach what the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":19638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70453"}],"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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70989,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70453\/revisions\/70989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}