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Abu Ageila is a road junction and dam in the north of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, which, because of its proximity to Egypt's border with the Israel, State of Israel, is strategically important. Located approximately 25 kilometres from Auja al-Hafir, and 45 kilometres southeast of El Arish, it was the site of major battles in the Battles of the Sinai (1948), 1948, Suez Crisis#The Hedgehog-Abu Uwayulah operations, 1956, and Battle of Abu-Ageila (1967), 1967 wars between the two states. The adjacent location Umm Katef ( ar, أم قطف) was another key Egyptian position in the Abu Ageila battles.
In 1930, there were about 10,000 'Azazme Bedouin Egyptians, related to the Tarabin bedouin, Tarabin in El Arish, living in the area. By 1948, the number was only 3,500. Land ownership was often disputed between the inhabitants.
In his 2013 biography of Ariel Sharon, 'Arik: The Life of Ariel Sharon', David Landau (journalist), David Landau records that, during the Israeli occupation of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Sharon ordered the secret expulsion from Abu Ageila of 3,000 of its inhabitants in late January 1972. Ostensibly, this was to clear the way for a military exercise code-named ''Oz'' (meaning "Valour" in Hebrew) in preparation for an attack on the Suez Canal were a further war to break out between Israel and Egypt. The expulsion order was executed by Israeli military personnel over three days during the onset of freezing temperatures in the desert. No warning was given to the inhabitants, and no time was allowed for them to collect their belongings before being removed from their homes. Lt. Gen. David Elazar later ordered that the expelled inhabitants be allowed to return.Anshel Pfeffer
'Sharon ordered expulsion of 3,000 Bedouin, new biography reveals ,'
at Haaretz, 11 February 2014
File:Abu 'Ujaylah.jpg, Egyptian water tanks at Abu Ageila. 1948
File:Ruafa Dam.jpg, Ruafa dam, 1948
File:Ruafa dam.jpg, Ruafa dam. 1948
Abu Ageila is a road junction and dam in the north of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, which, because of its proximity to Egypt's border with the Israel, State of Israel, is strategically important. Located approximately 25 kilometres from Auja al-Hafir, and 45 kilometres southeast of El Arish, it was the site of major battles in the Battles of the Sinai (1948), 1948, Suez Crisis#The Hedgehog-Abu Uwayulah operations, 1956, and Battle of Abu-Ageila (1967), 1967 wars between the two states. The adjacent location Umm Katef ( ar, أم قطف) was another key Egyptian position in the Abu Ageila battles.
In 1930, there were about 10,000 'Azazme Bedouin Egyptians, related to the Tarabin bedouin, Tarabin in El Arish, living in the area. By 1948, the number was only 3,500. Land ownership was often disputed between the inhabitants.
In his 2013 biography of Ariel Sharon, 'Arik: The Life of Ariel Sharon', David Landau (journalist), David Landau records that, during the Israeli occupation of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Sharon ordered the secret expulsion from Abu Ageila of 3,000 of its inhabitants in late January 1972. Ostensibly, this was to clear the way for a military exercise code-named ''Oz'' (meaning "Valour" in Hebrew) in preparation for an attack on the Suez Canal were a further war to break out between Israel and Egypt. The expulsion order was executed by Israeli military personnel over three days during the onset of freezing temperatures in the desert. No warning was given to the inhabitants, and no time was allowed for them to collect their belongings before being removed from their homes. Lt. Gen. David Elazar later ordered that the expelled inhabitants be allowed to return.Anshel Pfeffer'Sharon ordered expulsion of 3,000 Bedouin, new biography reveals ,'
at Haaretz, 11 February 2014
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