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The Battle of Sultan Yacoub was a battle between Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 and Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 during the 1982 Lebanon War
1982 Lebanon War

The 1982 Lebanon War , , called by Israel the Operation Peace of the Galilee , and later colloquially also known in Israel as the First Lebanon War, began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon....
. At the beginning of the invasion Brig. Gen. Giora Lev’s 90th Division passed through Marjayoun
Marjayoun

Marjayoun is a Lebanon town and administrative district, Marjeyoun District, in the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.Marjeyoun stands majestically at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, Beaufort Castle, Lebanon, the 1000-year old Crusader Castle above the Litani River and overlooking Mount Amel to the West, the summits of Riha...
 and took up positions around Kawkaba and Hasbaiya. From there it began to push the Syrian
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 91st Armored Brigade north up the Bekaa Valley towards Joub Jannine. The Syrians made skillful use of their Gazelle helicopters to support the delaying action, firing HOT
Euromissile HOT

HOT is an anti-tank missile system developed by Euromissile , a joint venture of France and Germany, and produced since 1978. It has become one of the most successful missiles of its class, used by no fewer than a dozen countries worldwide and has been validated in actual combat....
 missiles into the long columns of Israeli vehicles stretched out along the roads.






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The Battle of Sultan Yacoub was a battle between Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 and Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 during the 1982 Lebanon War
1982 Lebanon War

The 1982 Lebanon War , , called by Israel the Operation Peace of the Galilee , and later colloquially also known in Israel as the First Lebanon War, began on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon....
. At the beginning of the invasion Brig. Gen. Giora Lev’s 90th Division passed through Marjayoun
Marjayoun

Marjayoun is a Lebanon town and administrative district, Marjeyoun District, in the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon.Marjeyoun stands majestically at a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, Beaufort Castle, Lebanon, the 1000-year old Crusader Castle above the Litani River and overlooking Mount Amel to the West, the summits of Riha...
 and took up positions around Kawkaba and Hasbaiya. From there it began to push the Syrian
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 91st Armored Brigade north up the Bekaa Valley towards Joub Jannine. The Syrians made skillful use of their Gazelle helicopters to support the delaying action, firing HOT
Euromissile HOT

HOT is an anti-tank missile system developed by Euromissile , a joint venture of France and Germany, and produced since 1978. It has become one of the most successful missiles of its class, used by no fewer than a dozen countries worldwide and has been validated in actual combat....
 missiles into the long columns of Israeli vehicles stretched out along the roads. Israel countered with its own Cobra helicopters, used against both ground targets and the Gazelles.

On June 10 the 90th Division was rushed forward in order to gain as much ground as possible before the cease-fire came into effect. Late that night most of its 362nd Battalion fought its way through Syrian infantry in the village of Sultan Yacoub only to become cut off and surrounded. At dawn the Israelis broke out and escaped to the south with the support of 11 battalions of artillery firing both at the Syrians and in a box barrage around their own troops. In the six hour ordeal the IDF
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 lost 8 tanks and about 30 killed. The Israelis failed to destroy the disabled M-48A3
M48 Patton

The M48 Patton was the third and final US medium tank the M48 Patton would also serve as an interim tank until replaced by the US Army's first Main Battle Tank , the M60 Patton....
 Magach-3 tanks they left behind and they were recovered the next day by the Syrians. At least one is now on display at the Teshreen Panorama Museum in Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
.

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