The Israeli General Staff decided to start the attack on the 6th, but after studying the enemy situation on the other side, Sharon decided to launch the attack in advance at 22: 30 on the 5th. At night, with Sharon's command, dozens of spotlights suddenly turned on, making Abu Ogras look like daylight. The artillery began to fire fiercely, then the tanks roared and the airborne troops fell from the sky. The Egyptian army has not yet figured out the intention of the Israeli army, and Sharon's armored infantry has wedged into the position of the Egyptian army. The whole battle is like an exercise on the map. When the dawn appeared on the horizon, the Egyptian army's 1 infantry brigade, six artillery companies, 160 tanks and several ground-to-air missile companies had vanished, while Sharon's troops only lost 160 people and 19 tanks. A captured Egyptian army chief of staff protested angrily to Sharon: "You don't obey the rules of war, why don't you attack openly?" Sharon smiled and replied, "This is Sharon's rule of war."
The third Middle East War forced soldiers all over the world to look at the IDF with new eyes. Dayan, who commanded the war, became a national hero of Israel. In this war, Sharon, who made outstanding contributions, became the "God of War" of the Jewish nation. The name "Arik" is a household name in Israel.
During the period of 1970, the attacks by the Palestine Liberation Organization in Gaza increased day by day, and local officials were at a loss. Dayan did not hesitate to use Sharon again to deal with Palestinian guerrilla fighters. Sharon was overjoyed and shouted a famous saying: "Only dead terrorists are the best terrorists." He declared that the only way to destroy "terrorists" is to threaten civilians with ten times as much terror and make them afraid to cooperate with "terrorists". He ordered the troops to seal off every block, search every house, slaughter civilians unscrupulously and destroy houses and orchards. Gaza region was plunged into bloody terror, and Sharon once again became synonymous with "the devil". Therefore, although his actions stabilized the situation in Gaza, his cruelty aroused international outrage and strong Israeli opposition, and Sharon had to retire from active service on July 1973+05.
19731October 6, the Yom Kippur war broke out. Sharon put on his shirt again and marched in the "Sharon way" in the Egyptian army of 6.5438+0.2 million again, forcing Egypt to declare a truce.