Operation Shock

Operation Shock ; מבצע הלם
	Part of War of Attrition
	; Super Frelon helicopter
Date	October 31, 1968
Location	Egypt
Result	1. Mission successful: Qena bridge irreparably damaged; Nag-Hammadi dam damaged; 7 out of 9 transformers destroyed; 2. Egyptian shelling on IDF positions along the Suez canal halted for four months.
Belligerents
Israel	Egypt
Strength
	14 paratroopers,; 4 Super-Frelon helicopters
Casualties and losses
	None

Operation Shock (Hebrew: מבצע הלם) was a commando operation executed on October 31, 1968, by Israeli paratroopers. Targets of the raid were the new Qena bridge 280 miles south of Cairo, the Nag Hammadi bridge 35 miles west of Qena span and the Nag Hammadi transformer station near the bridge. The station provided electricity to the area and was described as a switching station on a high tension line between Cairo and the Aswan Dam. ^[2]

^ Col. Elizar "Cheetah" Cohen, Israel's Best Defence, p.300
^ "Security Council Slates Second Session Today on Israeli, Egyptian Complaints". 1968-11-04.

[1] Col. Elizar "Cheetah" Cohen, Israel's Best Defence, p.300

[2] "Security Council Slates Second Session Today on Israeli, Egyptian Complaints". 1968-11-04.

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