Abu Ageila

The adjacent location Umm Katef (Arabic: أم قطف) was another key Egyptian position in the Abu Ageila battles.

[1] In 1930, there were about 10,000 'Azazme Bedouin Egyptians, related to the Tarabin in El Arish,[2] living in the area.

Ostensibly, this was to clear the way for a military exercise code-named Oz (meaning "Valour" in Hebrew) in preparation for an attack on the Suez Canal were a further war to break out between Israel and Egypt.

The expulsion order was executed by Israeli military personnel over three days during the onset of freezing temperatures in the desert.

No warning was given to the inhabitants, and no time was allowed for them to collect their belongings before being removed from their homes.