On the Syrian front, the Syrians began advancing within the Golan Heights and occupying strategic positions. In the early days of the war, the IDF was engaged in curbing Syrian and Egyptian armies. Israel was in a low starting position-with a quantitative disadvantage, did not raise the Reserve System, and did not increase its overall size. Israeli intelligence was misled and failed to assess the readiness and capacity of Arab countries. No permission was received for reserve recruitment until Saturday morning. On the 5 of October, a Supreme alert was announced in the IDF in light of the reinforcements of Syrian troops. This war, which began with the attack of the Syrians and Egyptians on both fronts and at the same time, came almost with complete surprise to the Israeli side. On October 6, 1973, on Saturday afternoon, Yom Kippur, the Yom Kippur War began. Then the tanks of Kahalani could rise and continue the hunt.īACKGROUND FOR ACTION IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS Thousands of 155 mm shells are being dropped and hundreds of Katyusha shells are burning 7 Syrian tanks and delaying for minutes of recovery the progress of the Syrian offensive. VALLEY OF TEARS - THE BATTLE OVER THE GOLAN HEIGHTS
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