Operation Military_operation `` Badr ( ; `` ʻAmaliyat Badr '' ) or Plan `` Badr ( خطة بدر ; `` Khitat Badr '' ) was the code name for the Egyptian military operation to cross Motion_directional the Suez Canal and seize Hold the Bar-Lev Line of Israeli fortifications on October 6 , 1973 .

Egyptian infantry assaulted Attack the Bar-Lev fortifications and were counterattacked Hostile_encounter by Israeli armor and infantry .