Talk:Operation Pleshet

Two Questions

 * 1) What does Pleshet mean?
 * 2) What was the Givati command?

Hawkeye7 (talk)
 * I will clarify in the article what Pleshet refers to tomorrow (just stayed up all night...), although I'm not sure I understand your second question. If you are asking who the Givati commander was, the answer is Shimon Avidan. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 03:59, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * "In the eyes of the Givati command, this part of the operation had marginal importance." Was the "Givati command" the commander of the Givati Brigade (Avidan), or another command responsible for the southern area in general? Hawkeye7 (talk) 04:26, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's referring to the Givati staff (no way to know who exactly, other than Avidan). That's what the source says. I think it's better to leave 'command' because staff is a military term that not everyone is familiar with, especially in the context of Israel specifically, where the word 'staff' (mateh) refers to the commander and staff officers only (not actual staff units/enlisted personnel). If you disagree, please suggest something, because I'm out of ideas. I will explain what Pleshet is referring to now, in the lead section, please feel free to move this to another section if appropriate (I can't think of anything better). -- Ynhockey (Talk) 15:30, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Follow-up: On second thought, there doesn't appear to be much to explain. I linked to the article on Pleshet in the lead sentence. If you don't believe this is enough, I have no problem with expanding, but then it will just look like a copy of the Pleshet article. -- Ynhockey (Talk) 16:08, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

GA article
Operation Pleshet is now listed in Good articles under History. My first GA review. --Sherif9282 (talk) 22:03, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

M22 Locust
This seems to be one of the few well-written articles on this particular conflict, and as such was wondering if there was any information on the use of M22 Locust light tanks either by the Egyptians or Israeli forces during the battle, or even the wider conflict? Cheers, Skinny87 (talk) 10:54, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Skinny87 and thank you for the warm words! I will have to disappoint you however, and note that this tank was probably not used in the battle described in this article. Some early sources claimed that the Egyptians used tanks in the battle (not corroborated by later sources, and not likely), and there is at least one source explicitly saying that they did not use tanks. When I write about other battles in the war, I will note you if I come across a battle where this tank was used. —Ynhockey (Talk) 23:31, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Materials
Relevant sources for this page: —Ynhockey (Talk) 10:28, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4385103,00.html