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First Battle of Mount Hermon

First Battle of Mount Hermon was a battle fought in 1973 at Mount Hermon, in what is now Syria. It was part of the Yom Kippur War. The recorded result: Syrian victory. Recorded strength: 55 soldiers (14 fighters) against 1 commando battalion (~300 soldiers).

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Yom Kippur War 1973 on the Golan heights
Yom Kippur War 1973 on the Golan heights. Department of History, U.S. Military Academy. See Department Maps page., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1973
WhereMount Hermon, Syria33.304N, 35.798E
OutcomeSyrian victory
BelligerentsIsraelagainstSyria
Part ofYom Kippur War1973

Where it sits in the Yom Kippur War

Battle of the Chinese Farm, 1973Battle of Ismailia, 1973Third Battle of Mount Hermon, 1973First Battle of Mount Hermon, 1973Battle of Suez, 1973Ofira Air Battle, 1973Battles of Fort Budapest, 1973Battle of Fort Lahtzanit, 1973Battle with the Egyptian 130th Brigade, 1973Battle of Latakia, 1973Battle of Marsa Talamat, 1973Second Battle of Mount Hermon, 1973Battle of Baltim, 1973Valley of Tears, 1973Air Battle of El Mansoura, 1973Battle of the Sinai, 1973Battle of Wadi Mabouk, 1973Egyptian 25th Brigade ambush, 1973Battle of Seraphum, 1973Battle of the Orchard Complex, 1973War of Attrition in the Bashan Salient, 197419731974First Battle of Mount Hermon, 1973
21 placed engagements of the Yom Kippur War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1973 (year precision)
to 7 October 1973
PlaceMount Hermon, Syria
33.304N, 35.798E
KindBattle, Cold War
Territorial changeSyria regains Mount Hermon
Strength55 soldiers (14 fighters)1 commando battalion (~300 soldiers)
Casualties and losses16 killed (including 2 prisoners); 12 wounded; 31 captured15 killed; 3 wounded; 1 helicopter crashed
Commanders
  • Amir Drori
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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: SYR 1ST ARMD DIVDefender: IS 79TH ARMD BDE(+)
Strength12,5006,946
Casualties500 (4.0%)250 (3.6%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1037
Outcomedefender won
Duration1.7 days
Front width7 km7 km
Attacker advanced0 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 589), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

First Battle of Mount Hermon is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 133 in present-day Syria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2917337, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article First Battle of Mount Hermon, revision 1370618808, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.