the israeli advanced command center and the strategic crossroads that controls the golan. after capturing the syrians would move westwards towards the but not bridge over the jordan river. the bridge was less than fifteen kilometers away and beyond that lay the israeli mainland. the israelis were on the verge of disaster. but of your we want to assure. you we suddenly started shooting at the syrians from three or four different directions we fired on the syrians were stopped some of them managed to bypass enough. but we beat the syrians here and it was here that a battle would have lasted till the night of october seventh finally and the. israelis managed to stop the syrians but paid a heavy price and men and tanks. on top of the casualties the commander of the hundred eighty eighth armored brigade. bencher homme was killed along with his deputy and operations officer. having failed in his main objective to take the israeli forward base that now found in his damascus command bunker president assad's decisions were looking increasingly desperate. salame or if. they were at

the israeli advanced command center and the strategic crossroads that controls the golan.after capturing the syrians would move westwards towards the but not bridge over the jordan river. the bridge was less than fifteen kilometers away and beyond it lay the israeli mainland. the israelis were on the verge of disaster. and of your we want to assure. you we suddenly started shooting at the syrians from three or four different directions we fired on the syrians were stopped some of them managed to bypass enough. but we beat the syrians here and it was here that a battle would have lasted till the night of october seventh finally and the. israelis managed to stop the syrians but paid a heavy price and men and tanks. on top of the casualties the commander of the hundred eighty eighth armored brigade. venture homme was killed along with his deputy and operations officer. having failed in his main objective to take the israeli forward base that now found in his damascus command bunker president assad's decisions were looking increasingly desperate. salame or if. they were at one

yes more syrian tanks had now advanced into southern golan forming a bulge and.recapturing a large part of the strategic heights. by midnight the syrians had made major gains but now strangely the order came to stop the advance and regroup for another assault in the morning. before them the road stretching down to the jordan valley and the heart of israel and defended. just a few kilometers to the east on the edge of the golan the positions which had they been taken would have been virtually impregnable. it's clear that the syrian army did not permit junior commanders discretion in how to act out and regardless of which senior person was in control in damascus nobody felt that they could just side to continue without the approval from damascus. president hafez al assad was controlling the syrian army with an iron grip. no one was allowed to act outside the original plan. or free of it nor can. he lived with us he had a bedroom at the command center he slept there and when he woke up he used to salute us and take his place behind the operations desk he was always

reported that many of the civilians there are also headed to the frontier with the israeli occupied golan heights believing it to be safer but that's also not an easy solution is a. well actually that sir creates a fares for a bigger crisis in the region completely because we've see seed that is very close to connect up commuter is marble and hyde and a large part of golan heights is business where israel is watching the situation very closely because they fear that the more the syrian army comes in the more the iranians come in and that's what they have been very serious as the iranians are not on the ground but i can personally confirm a met several fighters who say that his will are certainly in sudan in proxy certainly is so a lot of these people are trying to get there and israel will obviously not take many refugees severe to me jesus really is only taking in people which are of which need medical facilities which they have i have met doctors who treated the syrians but that is not a solution for the syrian these thousands of people will not be going to israel to live that they will

the israelis pushed on and occupied the whole of the golan heights. let me. sleep. there to see it and that the are that's true that it could. not but in this is but i. assume. at the end of the six day of fighting and only one attempt achieved all its goals israel accepted the u.n. cease fire. the guns fell silent. the arabs had suffered a humiliating defeat. me. a while you have fifty. but in many. of the how morning met people. like i did. and you say. mammon. went ahead. i'm a human puppet arrest me. why you didn't see. and our old a lot of men here. he would he be. more open and. under heavy popular pressure nasa rescinded his decision to step down from the presidency . and attempts to regain the last arab territories began. israel had tripled its size capturing the sinai peninsula the gaza strip the west bank eastern jerusalem and the golan heights. we tried everything we went to the united nations we tried mediation as we tried contacts with different countries and it was clear that all this was to no avail. the mood was let's give nothing back if you don't h

the israeli advanced command center and the strategic crossroads that controls the golan. after capturing the syrians would move westwards towards the bridge over the jordan river. the bridge was less than fifteen kilometers away and beyond it lay the israeli mainland. the israelis were on the verge of disaster. but of your we want to assure. you we suddenly started shooting at the syrians from three or four different directions we fired on the syrians were stopped some of them managed to bypass. but we beat the syrians here and it was here that a battle would have lasted till the night of october seventh finally and the. israelis managed to stop the syrians but paid a heavy price and men and tanks. on top of the casualties the commander of the hundred eighty eighth armored brigade. bencher homme was killed along with his deputy and operations officer. having failed in his main objective to take the israeli forward base that now found in his damascus command bunker president assad's decisions were looking increasingly desperate. salame or if. they were at one point a briga

would give the government control over its border with jordan all the way to the israeli occupied golan heights. and in the extremely complicated terrain of syria's war analysts believe deals have already been made i believe that is the eighty's they convince the americans that we have a good deal with the russians now they are going to stay out of this of this of this anyhow and the city of beijing will take control of that will be good for everybody what is a need for the russians for jordan because jordan also although the jordanians actually but it concerned about any new influx of refugees inside of them but they won thirty much action to open the border crossing with syria because economically this is a bloody a more tenth lifeline port the jordanian economy according to the united nations forty five thousand people have so far fled the violence and headed toward the border with jordan concerns are growing about the humanitarian situation no matter the regime's recent advances rebels say they will continue to fight even as many wonder if this fight may be coming to an end. james d

wage war against it and the soviets concurred so nasa sent an egyptian military delegation to the golan that studied the situation and returned with the view that war was not in the offing but then the soviets repeated their claims of a come and warm. with the mantle of leader of the arab world firmly upon his shoulders president nasser found it difficult to step back from the escalating tensions in the region in may nine hundred sixty seven he requested the withdrawal of united nations observers from sinai and closed the suez canal street shipping to israel these moves were tantamount to a declaration of war. with conflict imminent out of leaders attempted to close ranks king hussein of jordan who had been the target of accusations and insults by egyptian state media made a hasty reconciliation with an awesome message. letting bygones be bygones was a means of escaping the insults egyptian media perfected personal attacks on his majesty but the euphoria of the reconciliation and path to a war was soon transformed into weeping which has continued to this day. a frenzied arab world waite

wage war against it and the soviets concurred so nasa sent an egyptian military delegation to the golan that studied the situation and returned with the view that war was not in the offing but then the soviets repeated their claims of a come and warm. with the mantle of leader of the arab world firmly upon his shoulders president also found it difficult to step back from the escalating tensions in the region in may nine hundred sixty seven he requested the withdrawal of united nations observers from sinai and closed the suez canal street shipping to israel these moves were tantamount to a declaration of war. with conflict imminent out of leaders attempted to close ranks king hussein of jordan who had been the target of accusations and insults by egyptian state media made a hasty reconciliation with an awesome. job. letting bygones be bygones was a means of escaping the insults egyptian media perfected personal attacks on his majesty but the euphoria of the reconciliation and path to war was soon transformed into weeping which has continued to this day. a frenzied out of world waited for

the largest city in golan would be returned to syria. in. news on the fifth of june nine hundred seventy four egremont was signed in geneva by senior military officers of both sides. of. the war not turbo was officially over on both fronts after two hundred forty three days of fighting. kissinger persuaded assad and given the green. essentially tricked syria to disengage the grip of the girl with. the serial covered truck which the israelis grew up before they left the tiny sliver of territory with everything in israeli hands. the egyptians got what they wanted out of it so you know sadat had realistic goals about recovering the sinai and the war led to the recovery of the sinai for egypt so you've got to see that as a win for the egyptians. for the syrians they don't recall the golan so you've got to see that as a defeat essential. for the israelis all smoothly they had reversed the course of the war but they had suffered very heavy casualties so you kind of have to see it as a bit of a defeat for the israelis in terms of being caught by su

can a trial the largest city in golan would be returned to syria. in news on the fifth of june nine hundred seventy four the agreement was signed in geneva by senior military officers of both sides. of. the war in october was officially over on both fronts after two hundred forty three days of fighting. kissinger persuaded assad chemicals and get him to remove the gorilla. in the sense he tricked syria to disengage the grip of the gulag with . the syria recovered a truck which the israelis grew up before the the tiny sliver of territory with everything else in israeli hands. the egyptians got what they wanted out of it so you know sadat had realistic goals about recovering the sinai and the war led to the recovery of the sinai for egypt so you've got to see that as a win for the egyptians. for the syrians they don't recall the golan so you've got to see that as a defeat essential. for the israelis say they were adverse to the course of the war but they had suffered very heavy casualties so you kind of have to see it as a bit of a defeat for the isra

the syrian golan heights. occupied by israel and the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war. still occupied to this day. this high plateau is a tranquil and beautiful place. but it is also scarred and defaced by the bloody fighting that took place here in october one thousand nine hundred seventy three. memorial stand to the israeli forces the four to desperate battle to stop the syrian thrust which threatened to reach right to the heart of israel. in the first five days of warhead on the golan israeli losses alone amounted to two hundred fifty tanks and hundreds of men. it was and vicious for the syrians to think that they could enter tricked significantly into the israeli rare over the course of twenty four hours but it was not wholly under realistic how the israelis not being able to respond flexibly it is entirely possible about a syrian exploitation force could have had a trade into northern israel with an attack. but it was not to be and less than twenty four hours israel had mobilized two armored divisions which soon turned the syrian advance into retreat. on the tenth

that are and could possibly be the next place that bashar assad's regime attacks and that is an on golan heights of in part of the golan heights which is disputed between israel and syria these understandings that you mentioned this they seem quite shaky moscow the u.s. and jordan they all agreed to deescalation zone around daraa a year ago now russia is involved in these attacks again why. well the russian side of the regime we've seen russia do the same in all other deescalation zones as well i mean remember what that was a deescalation zone too when we saw the events there the way the un for day and thousands were left stranded thousands have to then date the buses to it lives of russia has been siding with the regime with the machine you see is the look the rebels there are all kind of believe there ought of of the list are which is not factually correct there are people there are rebels who are all. jihadi sort of sick but then there are those with the free syrian army and other groups who are also there and that us with russia says these are terrorists just what assad says and henc

the israelis pushed on and occupied the whole of the golan heights.let me up on the boats were you going to hear this yes yes i'm with you on that it's true that he could. not but but i. assume. at the end of the six day of fighting and only one attempt achieved all its goals israel accepted the u.n. cease fire. the guns fell silent. the arabs had suffered a humiliating defeat. a bit of. a band aid while you have fifty. but in many did you need to how more did many people get. like i did. and. mammon. when i had a. i'm a human probably trust me. when i see. i'm. here. or i'd be. in an. under heavy popular pressure nasa rescinded his decision to step down from the presidency. and attempts to regain the last arab territories began. israel had tripled its size capturing the sinai peninsula the gaza strip the west bank eastern jerusalem and the golan heights. we tried everything into the united nations we tried mediations we tried contacts with different countries and it was clear that all this was to no avail. the mood was let's give nothing back if you

the syrian golan heights. occupied by israel and the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war. still occupied to this day. this high plateau is a tranquil and beautiful place. but it is also scarred and defaced by the bloody fighting that took place here in october one thousand nine hundred seventy three. memorial stand to the israeli forces before to desperate battle to stop the syrian thrust which threatened to reach right to the heart of israel. in the first five days of warhead on the golan israeli losses alone amounted to two hundred fifty tanks and hundreds of men. it was and vicious for the syrians to think that they could penetrate significantly into the israeli rare over the course of twenty four hours but it was not wholly under realistic how the israelis not being able to respond flexibly it is entirely possible about a syrian exploitation force could have had a trade into northern israel with an attack. but it was not to be and less than twenty four hour as israel had mobilized two armored divisions which soon turned the syrian advance into retreat. on the tenth of

the syrian golan heights. occupied by israel and the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war. still occupied to this day. this high plateau is a tranquil and beautiful place. but it is also scarred and defaced by the bloody fighting that took place here in october one thousand nine hundred seventy three. memorial stand to the israeli forces before to desperate battle to stop the syrian thrust which threatened to reach right to the heart of israel. in the first five days of warhead on the golan israeli losses alone amounted to two hundred fifty tanks and hundreds of men. it was and vicious for the syrians to think that they could enter tricked significantly into the israeli rare over the course of twenty four hours but it was not wholly under realistic how the israelis not being able to respond flexibly it is entirely possible about a syrian exploitation force could have had a trade into northern israel with an attack. but it was not to be any less than twenty four hour as israel had mobilized two armored divisions which soon turned the syrian advance into retreat. on the tenth

the israelis pushed on and occupied the whole of the golan heights. let me. votes for the.they had this yes and with you on that if you that it could . not but it is not but. it's a lot of them. at the end of the sixth day of fighting and only one attempt achieved all its goals israel accepted the u.n. cease fire. the guns fell silent. the arabs had suffered a humiliating defeat. me a yet dowen. had been a trial you have if he hasn't. been many dead there the how morally people. look at it. and say to me ali. but. when i heard. of it arrest me. when i didn't see. all day long. here. he would be. under heavy popular pressure nasser rescinded his decision to step down from the presidency. and attempts to regain the lost arab territories began. israel had tripled its size capturing the sinai peninsula the gaza strip the west bank eastern jerusalem and the golan heights. we tried everything we went to the united nations we tried mediation we tried to contact through different countries and it was clear that all this was to no avail. the mood was let's give nothing back if you d

military support in southern syria near the country's borders with jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights deescalation zone was a stablished there last year including parts of the provinces of there and connection syria and russia have been carrying out air strikes on the rebel territory according to reuters the us government said in a message to the heads of free syrian army groups whom it has supported in the past i mean thousands of civilians have fled their homes in that province. has that story. this is the first time government forces have used battle bombs in daraa in the year. helicopters struck several villages in what appears to be a major advance to take over the city but this violates a truce that was brokered by russia and the united states in africa to bring an eye and to the seven year war the rebels who are losing ground remain defiant. we don't recognize assad's law for a t. he has destroyed our cities and killed our people he destroyed syria to stay in power we will never recognize him and we reject the presence of the reigning and afghan militias it's only syria

on the fifth day of war israeli troops began to climb the strategic golan heights. and. still the injection of the beneath it had but malays and will continue to have good reason to be a little more true that. the modoc of some almost and many of us to. escort them out and it's a definite look at the i.d.f. and just really all about that possible. trudi yes she said that. but on the sixth day of the rule damascus radio made an unexpected announcement. syria had accepted the u.n. cease fire. with no advance warning given to troops fighting on the cover not the big. cost fatally undermined syrian army resistance. the man blamed for the army's collapse was the minister of defense. a man who defends tree rise to power in syria. hafez assad. the israelis pushed on and occupied the whole of the golan heights. let me. bolts from he. did this yes he and that the on it for that he could. not but in the south but i. assume. at the end of the six day of fighting and only one attempt achieved all its goals israel accepted to the u.n. cease fire. the guns fell silent. the arabs had s

the israelis pushed on and occupied the whole of the golan heights. let me.both see you going to hear this yes yes i'm with you on that it's true that he could. not but he said but i. assume. at the end of the six day of fighting and only one attempt achieved all its goals israel accepted to the u.n. cease fire. the guns fell silent. the arabs had suffered a humiliating defeat. me. a while you have fifty. but in many. of the how morning met people. like i did. and that i do not a. lot of. them am and. when i had. a month club address me. well i didn't see. or hear. led the way to be. more open and. under heavy popular pressure nasser rescinded his decision to step down from the presidency. and attempts to regain the last arab territories began. israel had tripled its size capturing the sinai peninsula the gaza strip the west bank eastern jerusalem and the golan heights. we tried everything we went to the united nations we tried mediation as we tried contacts with different countries and it was clear that all this was to no avail. the mood was let's give nothi

the israelis pushed on and occupied the whole of the golan heights. let me. sleep.there to see it and that the are that it's true that it could. not but in the south but i. assume. at the end of the sixth day of fighting and only one attempt achieved all its goals israel accepted the u.n. cease fire. the guns fell silent. the arabs had suffered a humiliating defeat. me. a while you have fifty. but in many. of the how more than many people in the. well i did. and that i do not a. lot of. mammon. when i had a. month of it arrest me. when i didn't see. or hear. he would be. more open and. under heavy popular pressure nasa rescinded his decision to step down from the presidency. and attempts to regain the last arab territories began. israel had tripled its size capturing the sinai peninsula the gaza strip the west bank eastern jerusalem and the golan heights. we tried everything into the united nations we tried mediations we tried contacts with different countries and it was clear that all this was to no avail. the mood was let's give nothing back if you don't have to t

the largest city in golan would be returned to syria. on the fifth of june one nine hundred seventy four. degree meant was signed in geneva by senior military officers of both sides. of. the war in october was officially over on both fronts after two hundred forty three days of fighting. kissinger persuaded. him to give. essentially tricked syria to disagree. with. the syria recovered truck which the israelis grew up with for the tiny sliver of territory everything in israeli hands. the egyptians got what they wanted out of it so. had realistic goals about recovering the sinai and the war lets the recovery of the sinai for egypt so you've got to see that as a win for the egyptians. for the syrians i don't recall the golan so you got to see that as a defeat essential. for the israelis also mostly they had reversed the course of the war but they had suffered very heavy casualties so you kind of have to see it as a bit of a defeat for the israelis in terms of being caught by surprise. because shoot. you know a person in his life has three f

and it does go up against the borders of jordan and here in the golan.t's going to be difficult for israel and jordan to not allow this wave of people because desperation yields desperate measures. and these people may try to cross over with, even though those two governments say that that's not going to be an option, another thing we'll be watching, too is the u.n. they have posts that are up and down this border fence area here. and these are to observe this cease-fire between israel and syria. this goes back to the '73 war. and there is the possibility that these refugees could try to take shelter in these u.n. camps. we haven't heard from the u.n. if this is an option for them but these are all the possibilities but, really, it just is uncertain without any formal agreement or anything that we're hearing from the israelis or the jordanians about what would happen if the fighting does push up against their borders. >> ian lee, we appreciate your reporting. many thanks for that. >>> coming up, pumping out the endless amounts of muddy water in a cave in

the province is a strategic prize because it borders the israeli occupied golan heights and jule with most of the civilians of fleeing too but jordan says it can't take in any more refugees and says its borders will remain closed mohammed jump jhoom small. as the battle for debt intensifies pro syrian government forces say they've taken control of the two towns above sort of how do you and me. in the eastern country some videos like this one purport to show troops many of whom are believed to be iranian backed militia members entering will sort of how do you on tuesday the town has come under heavy bombardment and its capture is the first major government advance in this offensive that would allow the syrian army to advance more southwards thought of the. city of that i take it i think that connecting so wide with that and occupying the valleys of the which we have full of. groups. forget that the group that will allow. me to advance fast that i first thought of towards the city of that. by cutting off a key rebel supply line in a province more pro-government troops will be able to mo

government control of all the way up to the border with jordan all the way to the israeli occupied golan heights are in carb want to specialise on syria and the director of policy analysis at the doha institute for graduate studies he joins me now in the studio so let's talk about the significance of this particular area what this is mean for the the greater war. it's in my opinion very important for a couple of reasons number one is that there is seems to be keen and in order to recapture both the crossing with jordan because this is very important from an economic point of view ok. that these a sign of sovereignty over the borders with the with jordan which is i mean something that you would like to have very much number two is. the sort of understanding and agreements between the different parties because. this offensive what if the office of a regime wouldn't have been possible without the sort of understanding between the russians and that is are these sorts of russians or the israelis there's the iranians there's the us there's a lot of players inherently abstractly i think without

are aiming to recapture the region around close to the border with jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights in the last twenty four hours it's believed twenty eight people have been killed in the strikes the area is meant to be part of a deescalation zone. well now to yemen where the president has demanded has the rebels withdraw from data province after talks with the united nations envoy to the country the un's martin griffiths has met a bit rubber months or hardy to try to negotiate a pause in the offensive to retake the city saudi led coalition backing hadi has been trying to capture it since earlier this month amnesty international has named more than a dozen myanmar military personnel they say are behind war crimes against the rangar in its latest report the human rights group has documented what it called a planned and systematic campaign that involved murder rape and for starvation our diplomatic editor james bays reports. amnesty international researches say they've uncovered devastating new details about the crimes committed against these people the right as they were expe

heights the israeli occupied golan heights with the support. as the battle for debt intensifies pro syrian government forces say they've taken control of the two towns above sort of how do you and me. in the eastern that i countryside videos like this one purport to show troops many of whom are believed to be iranian backed militia members entering sort of how do you on tuesday the town has come under heavy bombardment and its capture is the first major government advance in this offensive that will allow the syrian army to advance more southwards thought of. the city of that i take it i think that connecting. with that and occupying the values of allies that that which we have full of. groups from the guy that forget that the group that will allow. me to advance fast that i'm fast out of towards the city of that out. by cutting off a key rebel supply line indah province more pro-government troops will be able to move in retaking the entire province of debt i would give the government control over its border with jordan all the way to the israe

a rebel pocket in the north province is a strategic prize because it borders the israeli occupied golan heights and jordan where most of the civilians are feeling to but jordan says it can't take in any more refugees and says its border would mean closed has more. as the battle for debt intensifies pro syrian government forces say they've taken control of the two towns above sort of how do you know and really how can i push in the eastern that i countryside videos like this one purport to show troops many of whom are believed to be iranian backed militia members interest will sort of how do you on tuesday the town has come under heavy bombardment and its capture is the first major government advance in this offensive that would allow the syrian army to advance more southwards thought of the. the city of that i take it i think that connecting so wide with that and occupying the valleys of the which were full of. groups from forget that the group that will allow. the syrian army to advance first the first lot of towards the city of that out. by cutting off a key rebel supply line in our p

would give the government control over its border with jordan all the way to the israeli occupied golan heights. and in the extremely complicated terrain of syria's war analysts believe deals have already been made i believe that is not the americans that we have a good deal with the russians now they are going to stay out of this of this of this anyhow and the city of beijing will take control and that will be good for everybody what is the need for the russians for jordan because jordan also although the jordanians actually but it concerned about any new influx of refugees inside job done but they want very much actually to open the border crossing with syria because economically this is a very important lifeline port the jordanian economy according to the united nations forty five thousand people have so far fled the violence and headed toward the border with jordan concerns are growing about the humanitarian situation no matter the regime's recent advances rebels say they will continue to fight even as many wondering if this fight may be coming to an end. syrian state media says tha

technology a few years ago because golan technology was somehow developed of course with the industry but was developed by fee for at that time now we are using normal broadcast equipment so it's nothing that is specially developed only for we are because in many other sports as you know there are already using it however football as you know we have special special needs and therefore of course we had to test all the different elements one element was of course feeds that feeds arrive especially here for the world cup we have a centralised we are that means that we we have to test silver more we arrived there but also what we already tested in i would argue the club world cup a centralised we are that means that one place where all the feeds coming in so there was tested at the club world cup the next big step for us and where we also have seen many problems was already communication between vir are sitting in a room somewhere and the referee on the pitch also here we did many trolls we did many experiments with different companies checking everything and we are feeling quite comfort

trying to recapture the region the area is close to the border with jordan and the israeli occupied golan heights it's posed to be part of a deescalation zone and the situation and could be worse than the siege of aleppo in eastern alter that's the dire warning from the u.n. special envoy to syria our diplomatic editor james faces more. it's a pattern of violence that syria has seen a number of times before like darius aleppo in eastern guta it's been a carefully planned military offensive by the assad regime using artillery and other indiscriminate heavy weapons the syrian government's planes assisted by the might of russian air power the u.n. special envoy briefing the security council by video link said he was deeply concerned it could be like limbo and if they're caught that combined together in terms of the population in the area some forty five thousand people all of fifty dollars in the ear have already been displaced due to fly during the u.s. and its allies called out russia saying it and the syrian government would breaching an agreement on deescalation in southwest syria made l

territory but one of the areas still controlled by rebels is land bordering jordan and israeli occupied golan heights a deescalation deal brokered by russia the u.s. and jordan last year and so far contain the fighting but the assad government says it will reclaim every inch of syrian territory. and the trumpet ministration has released six and a half million dollars in aid for all the lies ations in syria including the white helmets rescue group about israel and jordan explains it's only a fraction of what washington had originally promised. on thursday the trumpet ministration announced that it would be dispersing six point six million dollars to the syrian white helmets those are the volunteers who have been trying to provide emergency medical care to the people caught in the cross-fire of the little seven year old syrian civil war this money is going to be just first legally to accounts that the white house can access so that they can buy emergency medical equipment and supplies however this is a far cry from the two hundred million dollars which the u.s. had pledged to provide to emergen

the syrian golan heights. occupied by israel and the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war. still occupied to this day. this high plateau is a tranquil and beautiful place. but it is also scarred and defaced by the bloody fighting that took place here in october one thousand nine hundred seventy three. memorial stand to the israeli forces before to desperate battle to stop the syrian thrust which threatened to reach right to the heart of israel. in the first five days of warhead on the golan israeli losses alone amounted to two hundred fifty tanks and hundreds of men. it was and vicious for the syrians to think that they could penetrate significantly into the israeli rare over the course of twenty four hours but it was not wholly under realistic how the israelis not being able to respond flexibly it is entirely possible about a syrian exploitation force could have had a trade into northern israel with an attack. but it was not to be and less than twenty four hours israel had mobilized to. divisions which soon turned the syrian advance into retreat. on the tenth of october an

the syrian golan heights. occupied by israel and the one nine hundred sixty seven six day war. still occupied to this day. this high plateau is a tranquil and beautiful place. but it is also scarred and defaced by the bloody fighting that took place here in october one thousand nine hundred seventy three. memorial stand to the israeli forces before to desperate battle to stop the syrian thrust which threatened to reach right to the heart of israel. in the first five days of warhead on the golan israeli losses alone amounted to two hundred fifty tanks and hundreds of men. it was and vicious for the syrians to think that they could enter tricked significantly into the israeli rare over the course of twenty four hours but it was not wholly under realistic how the israelis not being able to respond flexibly it is entirely possible about a syrian exploitation force could have had a trade into northern israel with an attack. but it was not to be and less than twenty four hours israel had mobilized two armored divisions which soon turned the syrian advance into retreat. on the tenth o