The Yom Kippur War also known as the Ramadan War, October War, or the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, was a war fought by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel from October 6 to 25 in the year 1973.
The sailors of the civil merchant ships were not only witnesses, they were also participants in the ongoing war, as the ports were exposed to air bombardments by the Israeli Air Force.