خط بارليف
In the Six-Day War, he was called in from reserves and he fought as the Commander of Sayeret's 4th Brigade. In 1968, he returned to the military and received the rank of Captain. He joined the Armored Corps and served in the 7th Armored Brigade as commander of Unit 82. In 1972 Sakel became the Commander of the 52 Battalion. In 1973, on the eve of the Yom Kippur War, Sakel and his battalion were stationed near the Bar Lev Line near Ras Sudar.