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Mitla Pass

Mountain range pass In the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt

Summary

Mountain range pass In the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt

Field	Value
name	Mitla Pass
photo	To Sinai by car. The Mitla pass looking east from the plain LOC matpc.15553.jpg
photo_caption	The Mitla pass in 1920 looking east from the plain
map	Egypt Sinai
map_caption	Location in the Sinai.
elevation_m	480
traversed	Route 50
location	Sinai
label	Mitla Pass
coords

the mountain pass

The Mitla Pass (, ) is a 480 m pass snaking 32 km in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, wedged between mountain ranges to the north and south. It is located about 50 km east of Suez. It is the monotonous ride through here and Nekhel, a wilderness that provides the shortest route between Nuweiba and Cairo. Buses carrying tourists to Mount Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery, and Feiran Oasis travel through there.

Wars between Israel and Egypt

Aerial view of the road through Mitla Pass dotted with wrecked Egyptian vehicles and armour after Israeli air force attacks in June 1967.

Mitla Pass is a site of major battles between the militaries of Egypt and Israel during the wars of 1956, 1967, and 1973.

Mitla incident during the Suez War

During the Israeli invasion of Egypt in the Suez War of 1956 the pass was captured by the 202nd Brigade of the Israeli army, commanded by Ariel Sharon, without the approval of the Israeli leadership. Sharon faced elements of the Egyptian 2nd Brigade, which had prepared an ambush within the pass. Egyptians pinned down such famous Israelis as Mordechai Gur and Uri Dan under fire throughout the afternoon of October 31, 1956. Aharon Davidi and Rafael Eitan sent in two companies to clear Egyptians from both sides of the pass between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. that evening. The Israelis suffered 40 casualties and about 120 wounded, while the Egyptians suffered 260 casualties. Sharon was criticized for this.

Yom Kippur War

During the Yom Kippur War, on October 14, 1973, the Egyptians tried to reach the pass with elements of their Fourth Armored Division, but their offensive was halted by IDF armor and air power. Figures of Egyptian tank losses vary with the source consulted. The Two O'Clock War gives the Israeli figure but the Egyptian one is lower.

References

Richardson, Dan. (2013). "Sinai Rough Guides Snapshot Egypt". Penguin.
Richardson, Dan. (2003). "Egypt". Rough Guides.
Bar-On, Mordechai. (2012). "Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero". Yale University Press.

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