Bar Lev Line
Operation Badr (; "ʻAmaliyat Badr") or Plan Badr (; "Khitat Badr") was the code name for the Egyptian military operation to cross the Suez Canal and seize the Bar Lev Line of Israeli fortifications on October 6, 1973. Launched in conjunction with a Syrian assault on the Golan Heights, this attack marked the start of the Yom Kippur War.