War of Attrition Operation Inferno (Hebrew: Tofet) (1968) – Israeli raid against PLO militants in the Jordanian town of Karameh (on the east bank of the Jordan river). Operation Boxer (1969) – A series of attacks by the Israeli Air Force on Egyptian SAM installations Operation Bulmus 6 (1969) – Israeli special operations raid against the Egyptian fortress, early warning radar and ELINT station of Green Island in the Gulf of Suez. Operation Raviv (1969) – Israeli armoured raid across the Gulf of Suez into Egypt. Egyptian radar installation at Ras Abu-Daraj and Ras Za'arfrana were destroyed. Also known as the Ten-Hour War. Operation Escort (1969) – Shayetet 13 operation against Egyptian torpedo boats anchored at Ras Sadat, prelude to operation Raviv. Operation Rooster 53 (1969) – Israeli special operation to capture an Egyptian P-12 radar system. Operation Priha ("Blossom") (1970) – A concentrated series of Israeli strikes against military targets in the Egyptian heartland. The 1973 Yom Kippur War Operation Doogman 5 ("Model 5") (1973) – Attempted Israeli suppression of Syrian air defence array on the Golan Heights. Battle of the Chinese Farm - Israeli crossing of the Suez Canal with Operation Abirey-Halev Operation Abirey-Halev ("Stouthearted Men") (1973) – Israeli crossing of the Suez Canal 1982 Lebanon War Operation Peace for Galilee (1982) – Second large-scale Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Operation Mole Cricket 19 ("Arzav 19") – Israeli suppression of Syrian SAM network in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Siege of Beirut – Israeli siege of Beirut in order to force a PLO withdrawal from Lebanon. Battle of the Beaufort – Israeli capture of a strategic castle used by PLO forces in Southern Lebanon. Battle of Jezzine – Israeli expulsion of Syrian forces from the town of Jezzine. Battle of Sultan Yacoub – Battle between Israel and Syria in the Lebanese village of Sultan Yacoub. 1987–1993 First Intifada Additional Israeli military operations Operation Gift (1968) – An IDF Special Forces operation carried out on 28 December 1968 at the Beirut International Airport during which 13 civilian airplanes belonging to Middle East Airlines (MEA) were destroyed in response to an attack on an Israeli airliner in Athens by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Cherbourg Project (1969) – Israeli military action involving the escape of five missile boats from the French port of Cherbourg. Shelling on Lebanon (1970) – Israel retaliated the Avivim school bus massacre by shelling four