On October 21, out of desperation, the Egyptians moved a battery of Scud missiles that was previously deployed in the eastern area of the Nile's delta (from where Tel Aviv was in the battery's range), to an eastern position in a minimum distance from the canal.Yuval Ne'eman, "operational link between Israel and the United States in the Yom Kippur War", path 3, (June 2005).
