Question: who helped israel in the yom kippur war
Answer: Belligerents Israel Supported by : United States Egypt Syria Expeditionary forces : Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia Libya Tunisia Algeria Morocco Cuba Supported by : Soviet Union Commanders and leaders Golda Meir Moshe Dayan David Elazar Israel Tal Shmuel Gonen Yitzhak Hofi Binyamin Peled Haim Bar - Lev Albert Mandler † Ariel Sharon Anwar Sadat Hafez al - Assad Ahmad Ismail Ali Mustafa Tlass Saad El Shazly Yusuf Shakkour Abdel Ghani el - Gammasy Ali Aslan Omar Abrash † Strength 375,000 -- 415,000 troops 1,700 tanks 3,000 armored carriers 945 artillery units 440