The Egyptians attempted to restore Recovering their defenses to their initial dispositions with an armored attack Attack on October 17 .

Seriously depleted Expend_resource by the continuous fighting Hostile_encounter , the Egyptians relinquished GiveUp control Control of the routes to the canal , opening Openness them up to the Israelis .

The Egyptians were caught Self_motion by surprise , and nearly the entire Egyptian air force was destroyed Destroying with few Israeli losses , giving the Israelis air supremacy .

Simultaneously , the Israelis launched a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip and the Sinai , which again caught Self_motion the Egyptians by surprise , and Nasser ordered evacuation after some initial resistance .

Israeli forces rushed Self_motion westward in pursuit of the Egyptians , inflicted Causation heavy losses , and conquered Conquering the Sinai .

He believed Know that capturing two strategic passes located deeper in the Sinai would make his position stronger during post-war negotiations ; he therefore ordered Request the Egyptians to go back on the offensive , but their attack was quickly repulsed Defending .