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War of Attrition

1967–1970 war between Israel and EgyptBelligerentsIsraelEgyptSoviet UnionKuwaitPLOJordan SyriaCubaCommanders and leadersLevi EshkolYigal AllonHaim Bar-LevAriel SharonUzi NarkissMordechai HodShlomo ErellAvraham BotzerGamal Abdel NasserAhmad Ismail AliAnwar El SadatSaad El ShazlyAbdul Munim Riad †Ali BaghdadyFouad Abou ZikryMahmoud FahmyAndrei GrechkoHussein bin TalalZaid ibn ShakerAmer KhammashYasser ArafatAbu IyadStrength 275,000 (including reserves)Egyptian: 200,000Soviet: 10,700–15,000Jordanian: 15,000PLO: 900–1,000Casualties and losses694–1,424 soldiers killed227 civilians killed2,659 wounded, from this 999 at the Egyptian front24–30 aircraftEgypt:2,882–10,000 soldiers and civilians killed6,285 wounded60–114 aircraft lostPLO:1,828 killed2,500 capturedJordan:300 killed4 captured30 tanksKuwait:25 killed Soviet Union:58+ dead5 aircraftCuba:180 dead250 woundedSyria:500 killedThe War of Attrition (Arabic: حرب الاستنزاف, romanized: Ḥarb al-Istinzāf; Hebrew: מלחמת ההתשה, romanized: Milḥemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from 1967 to 1970.

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