BATTLE // July 11, 1967
Battle of Rumani Coast
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Significance
The Battle of Rumani Coast was an early naval engagement of the War of Attrition, occurring in July 1967 shortly after the Six-Day War. Israeli naval forces intercepted Egyptian motor torpedo boats near Rumani and sank both vessels without sustaining losses. The engagement demonstrated Israeli naval capability in coastal waters and signaled that the conflict extending from the 1967 war would be contested at sea as well as along the Suez Canal front.
Tactics
The engagement took place at night near Rumani, where Israeli naval forces confronted two Egyptian motor torpedo boats. Both Egyptian vessels were sunk with no Israeli losses recorded.
Forces & casualties
Troop strength
- Izrael183medium
Casualties
- Izrael183medium100% loss rate
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