Word: porting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...east bank. With at least 20,000 men and 500 tanks at their disposal on the southern portion of the west bank, the Israelis cut the vital highway between Suez and Cairo, encircled and later captured most of the city of Suez and pushed on to the port of Adabiya. In the process, they trapped the Egyptian Third Army, which was still in position on the east bank of the canal...
...halftracks and artillery, first by barge and later across bridges hastily constructed north of the Great Bitter Lake. By week's end the force of 15,000 men was making headway in a three-pronged assault on the western bank of the canal: northward toward Ismailia, southward toward Port Suez and westward toward Cairo...
...also reported sunk. The Russians immediately accused Israel of "barbarous" attacks on non-military targets, and demanded "the strict observance by Israel of the norms of international law." Air strikes were also flown against Egypt. Cairo claimed that 500 civilians were killed in air and artillery attacks on Port Said. Along the coast, meanwhile, missile boats of the Israeli and Syrian navies fought several battles around Latakia and Tartus. The Israelis claimed that their Gabriel missiles had sunk eleven Syrian vessels in the course of four engagements. The Syrians said that they had destroyed eleven Israeli boats...
...Israeli navy sank three Egyptian boats carrying troops preparing to make a beachhead, and a fourth Egyptian vessel was destroyed northeast of Port Said...
...idea on the ground that there are no diplomatic relations between the two countries. One solution considered by the Israelis: to let an American or European airline handle the task. It might also be possible to bring the emigrants out by sea, perhaps from Odessa or from a Rumanian port...