Cairo – Egypt’s state-owned media says the army officer credited with the idea to destroy the Bar Lev line on the Suez Canal’s eastern bank during the 1973 Arab Israeli war has died.
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The Akhbar al-Youm daily said Baki Zaki Youssef died on Saturday at the age of 87.
State-run Al Ahram daily hailed him as a “hero” while recounting war’s lead-up and how he thought to destroy the Bar Lev line with water pumps.
In 1973, Egyptian forces launched a surprise attack across the Suez Canal, cutting through the Bar Lev line of Israeli defenses in the war that culminated in the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.
Egypt was the first Arab country to make peace with Israel, in 1979, but relations have always been frosty due to popular support for the Palestinians.
Toxic Trump thinks he can destroy the bar lev line all over again. Where is coihen now? Feh.
Have you ever talked to Egyptian Army officers? This move was one of their proudest accomplishments.