Operation Rhodes
| Operation Rhodes | |||||||
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| Part of War of Attrition | |||||||
Israeli paratroopers landing on Shadwan Island from a Super Frelon helicopter | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Israel | Egypt | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Haim Bar Lev Haim Nadal | Saad El Shazly | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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35th Paratroopers Brigade
| Egyptian Navy | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3 killed, 7 injured | 70 killed, 62 POWs | ||||||
Operation Rhodes (Hebrew: מבצע רודוס) was an Israeli heliborne raid against the Egyptian island of Shadwan on 22 January 1970, during the War of Attrition. It was carried out by Israeli paratroopers and Shayetet 13 naval commandos, who took control of the island for over a day before leaving with 62 captured Egyptian soldiers and radar equipment.