How did the war
stop ?
On 21st
of October, the Security council issued a
cease-fire resolution No. 338, and both Egypt
and Israel accepted it from 22 October 1973.
Mohamed Abdel
Ghany Al-Gamsy– chief of operations of
the war of 1973 states in his memorials (when
fighting stopped after the resolution of the
Security Council on 22 October, Israel had
not been realized a military objective
because it failed to oblige us to withdraw
our forces from the east of the canal to its
west....That is why Israel decided to do more
effort to achieve an amount of political and
military gains before being obliged to cease-fire,
for making so, it pushed new forces to the
west of the canal at the nights of 22/23 and
23/24 October to support its forces at the
Deversoir region, then it continued fighting
and advanced towards the south to reach the
rear of the third army to cut Cairo-Suez road
and to occupy Suez city)-Al Gamsy
On 23 October, the
Security Council issued a resolution No. 339
confirming the previous decisions. Egypt and
Israel agreed to cease-fire from 24 October,
morning.
About this Al Gamsy says (In spite
of respect of Israel confirming resolution No.
339 officially, but it left to its army the
option of military action hoping to occupy
Suez city, by which it would achieve a
political target with high political,
military and media effect)-Al Gamsy Memorials.
Israel's
attempts failed to occupy Suez city on 24 and
25 October, but Israeli forces cut the Cairo-Suez
road.
Fighting stopped
only on 28 of October with the arrival of the
United Nations Forces to Suez Canal region.
