Free entry to military museums, sites on Sinai Liberation Day

CAIRO – 22 April 2023: All military museums and sites opened for the public visitors for free on the Sinai Liberation Day due on April 25, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Defense on Saturday.

El Alamein World War II Military Museum, Port Said Military Museum, and National War Museum in Saladin Castle will be open, besides the display of the October War Panorama for free, the statement said.

On April 25 of every year, Egypt celebrates Sinai Liberation Day, as the last Israeli soldier was expelled, and the Egyptian flag was raised on the turquoise land [Sinai] on April 25, 1982.

Sinai fell into the hands of the Israeli occupier after the defeat of June 1967. However, within only a few days, Egypt began fierce battles to reclaim the land, the results of which were a shock to the Israeli military establishment. The battles were known as the War of Attrition.

The confrontation on the battlefield began from September 1968 to October 6, 1973, when the Egyptian forces announced the start of the transit war that Egypt waged against Israel.

The Egyptian Forces stormed the Suez Canal and the Bar Lev Line, which led to the restoration of full sovereignty over the Suez Canal, the recovery of part of the lands in the Sinai Peninsula and the return of navigation in the Suez Canal in June 1975.

The October War also paved the way for the Camp David Accord between Egypt and Israel, which was held in September 1978, following the historic Sadat initiative in November 1977 and his visit to Jerusalem.

Additional reporting by Mustafa Marie