ABSTRACT
By mid-October, the Egyptian and the Israeli Armies were facing each other, with the former’s government seeking a way out of the war, and the latter’s acting to force a solution in accordance with the way they thought the war should be ended. The result was two major offensives launched by the IDF, which aimed to put an end to the Egyptian presence in Palestine. The Israelis worked along a wide front to make the campaign possible, and in mid-October it remained only to write down and distribute the orders.
