Battle of Abu-Ageila (1967)

Battle of Abu-Ageila
	Part of the Six-Day War
	; Israeli Centurions shortly before the Six-Day War
Date	5–6 June 1967
Location	Abu-Ageila, Sinai Desert30°50′20″N 34°15′21″E / 30.8389°N 34.2558°E
Result	Israeli victory Israeli complete control on Northern Sinai;
Belligerents
Egypt	Israel
Commanders and leaders
Maher Marzouk (WIA); Col. Mohammad ibn Isa †	Ariel Sharon; Yeshayahu Gavish
Strength
8,000 – 16,000 participated; 66 tanks (T34/85s with 85 mm guns); 22 tank destroyers (SU-100s with 100 mm guns);	14,000; 150 tanks (over 100 Centurions and Super Shermans with 105 mm guns, the rest were AMX-13s with 75 mm guns);
Casualties and losses
2,000 casualties; 64 tanks destroyed;	42 killed; 140 wounded; 8 tanks destroyed;

The Battle of Abu-Ageila (also known as the Battle of Umm-Qatef; Hebrew: קְרַב אוֹם־כָּתֵף) was a military confrontation between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army in the Six-Day War of June 1967. The decisive defeat of the Egyptians was critical to the eventual loss of the entire Sinai Peninsula to Israel. Leading Israeli forces was Major General Ariel Sharon, later a prominent politician and prime minister of Israel.