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...SINAI PENINSULA. There is no real reason why this 23,440-sq. mi. expanse of desert should be a major issue of dispute. Israel says it makes no claim on the land itself, except as a military buffer. One plausible solution would be to return sovereignty to Egypt, but at the same time to demilitarize the Egyptian side of the border between the Sinai and Israel. This border could be perhaps 20 to 30 miles deep, enough territory to keep each side out of artillery or short-range rocket attack from the other...
...outbreak of the Arab-Israeli war, TIME correspondents have been ranging far across the Middle East, covering military action and political maneuvering in the warring nations both for our regular stories and for this week's special section. Correspondent William Marmon drove from Jerusalem to the Sinai Peninsula and sent eyewitness reports of the fighting from an Israeli position less than five miles from the Suez Canal. He returned to Jerusalem at night, "riding in darkness for hours because of the danger of air attacks." As a result of the blackout, there were such terrible accidents along...
...assault began that Israel finally concluded that the Arabs meant business. By the time the attack came on the afternoon of Yom Kippur, the Israelis were mobilizing, but they were too late to prevent Arab advances. Syrian forces in the Golan Heights and Egyptian troops in the Sinai Peninsula smashed through Israeli lines and established powerful positions within the first minutes...
...same tune that major units were crossing the waterway under air and missile support, Russian-built TU-16 jets of the Egyptian air force were bombing Israel's principal oil-producing wells-taken over from Egypt in the Six-Day War-at Abu Rudeis, farther down the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian commando units were meanwhile dispatched to work their way behind Israeli lines and disrupt supply routes. They did it effectively. But as the battle went on, the Israelis returned the trick by sending nighttime commandos across the Gulf of Suez to swing round and hit the Egyptians...
...assess the war in the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula, TIME correspondents joined Israeli troops on both fronts...