The Egyptians had taken considerable preparations to prevent a breach there. Sharon was tasked with the capture of the road junction at Abu-Ageila, in order to gain access to the central route into the Sinai Desert. Southern Command's offensive consisted of three divisions: Israel Tal's 84th Division, Avraham Yoffe's 31st Division, and Ariel Sharon's 38th Division. The Israeli attack at Abu-Ageila was part of the Israeli offensive into the Sinai Desert. Leading Israeli forces was Major General Ariel Sharon, later a prominent politician and prime minister of Israel. The decisive defeat of the Egyptians was critical to the eventual loss of the entire Sinai Peninsula to Israel. The Battle of Abu-Ageila (also known as the Battle of Umm-Qatef Hebrew: קְרַב אוֹם־כָּתֵף) was a military confrontation between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army in the Six-Day War of June 1967.
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