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= Jamal Azzam = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jamal al-Din Ibrahim Azzam, (1948-1973) was an Egyptian Army Captain. He led the main squad to attack the Port Tawfiq fort during October 1973 war(Yom Kippur war) and Martyred on Saturday 6th of October 1973.

= His Birth = Azzam was born in Dekernes-Daqahliah in 5th of November 1948.

= The Beginnings of His Career = Azzam joined the Egyptian Military Academy in 1966. Then after his graduation in 1968, he joined the special forces known as Sa‘ka forces. Because of his superiority he was appointed a teacher at Sa‘ka forces School. The martyr was famous of his strength and his high physical fitness. He was an athlete and practiced more than a game, including gymnastics and judo. He represented Sa‘ka forces Open Fitness competitions and won many of them.

= Port Tawfiq Battle and His Martyrdom = After increasing the readiness of the armed forces in 1973. Captain Jamal Azzam joined one of the Sa‘ka units assigned to cross the Suez Canal and occupy the isthmus of Port Tawfiq after the destruction of its fort, in which the enemy put great amount of weapons and equipment because of the vitality of the site. At 6:40 pm on October 6, 1973, the commander of the 43rd Battalion; Major Zaghlol Fathi, launched the main squad to attack the fort. During the crossing of the Canal, intensive fire opened on a boat of the squad, causing the injury of Captain Jamal Azzam; the leader of the squad, and the destruction of the boat. Despite of this he swam with his soldiers to the east bank, and he climbed the dirt curtain to destroy one of the guns firing heavily from an opening of the fort threatening the rest of squad crossing the Canal. During his climb he was injured again, but despite of that he threw a grenade in the opening that destroyed the gun and he martyred. Because of this the forces reached the dirt curtain easily and one of the platoons occupied the southern part of the fort and destroyed the enemy in it.

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