[1] He commanded the 7th Infantry Division before being assigned to a diplomatic mission as part of the Egyptian Military Committee during the Egyptian-Israeli peace negotiations in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.

[2] Shnaaf was born on January 29, 1931, in Minya Governorate, Egypt.

[citation needed] He obtained master's degree in military science and a Fellowship from the Higher War College.

[3] As a colonel, he commanded the 117th Mechanized Infantry Brigade during the October War.

[5] He commanded the Second Army in addition to serving as director of the Organization and Management Authority of the armed forces.