Romani ambush

The Romani Egyptian commando ambush was a battle waged on the morning of the second day of the Yom Kippur War, between the Egyptian military and the Israel Defense Forces in the northern section of the Sinai front, near the town of Romani. It was the Egyptians' most significant attempt to delay the arrival of the IDF's reserve forces at the front. It was also the first battle of the war in which IDF reserve forces took part and the first battle waged by the IDF's 162 Division.

Romani Egyptian commando ambush
Part of the Yom Kippur War
Date October 7, 1973 Location Northern section of the Sinai front, near the town of Romani Result Israeli victory
Belligerents
Egypt	Israel
Commanders and leaders
Captain Hamdy Shalaby	Colonel Nathan Nir
Strength
183rd Battalion (Sa'ka)	162nd Division
Casualties and losses
70 killed[1]	10 killed 20 wounded

Sources

• Avraham Adan,On both sides of the suez, Jerusalem: idanim, 1979
• Heitan Haber, Zeev Schiff, Lexicon of the Yom Kippur War, Or Yehoda: Zemora-Bitan, Devir, 2003
• Elyashiv Shimshi,The power to decide: the division commanders on the battlefield, Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 2007.