was awarded the Israel Defense Prize. The Israeli Navy went on to win the sea battles with the Egyptian and Syrian navies with zero casualties and losses. The Israeli Navy became a pioneer in modern naval missile warfare, resulting in their successes in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. See also Israeli Navy Military equipment of Israel France–Israel relations Videos and recordings Experiments of RAFAEL Gabriel Missile Geva News arrival of the boats to Kishon harbor Haifa December 1969 Video taken from INS Gaash (Vulcano) showing fueling from M.V Lea stern.The officer with the radio is Commander Ezra Kedem Carish (Shark) Video of the boats arrival to Haifa and Charles De Gaulle's speech in the French TV and Israeli TV IDF Radio an interview with Mordechai Mokka Limon, start time 45:13 in Hebrew References Rabinovich The Boats of Cherbourg Bluejacket Books Avi Brillant The Perfect Sting Magazin 13 January 2010 in Hebrew Moshe Levi The Escape of the Boats of Cherbourg Interviews with Hadar Kimhi, Binyamin Telem and Rinat Arie Magazin 1 February 2007 in Hebrew The last Battle of the Destroyer INS Eilat by Commander Yitzhak Shushan. Maariv Publishing House. 1993. Plumbat affair. Photos from Cherbourg and early days American Jewish Yearbook 1970 Page 496 Strategic Intelligence, Volume 1 By Loch K. Johnson page 77 Retrofits for Noa Operation Maritime incidents in 1969 1969 in France 1969 in Israel 1969 in international relations 1969 in military history Israeli Navy Missile boats of the Israeli Navy Naval operations and battles Operations involving Israeli special forces Arms trafficking Battles and conflicts without fatalities Cherbourg-Octeville Conflicts in 1969 France–Israel relations