The departure of the «most famous image» in the October war

Egypt last week called on Egyptian fighter Abdel Rahman al-Qadi, who has the most famous image of Egyptian troops in the October 1973 war, who preferred to spend his life in silence as a teacher in Upper Egypt, away from any media contacts.

The judge, who lived after the war, was born in Maragha, Sohag, where one of the battalion's soldiers was 212 tanks in the 19th Infantry Division.

The late joined on October 4, 1967 with armor, and then became the 212th Infantry Division, the 16th Infantry Division, the 16th Cairo-Suez Road, and fought in the war of attrition.

The daughter of the late October champion, Safa al-Qadi, said her father, who had a picture of the October war, expressed victory and was not sick. He hoped that God would receive Ramadan, which witnessed the victories of the Egyptian army in October.

The governor of Sohag, Dr. Ahmed al-Ansari, mourned the hero of October by launching his name on one of the squares of the city of Sohag.

After the end of the October 1973 war, the judge returned to his hometown and completed his military service in May 1974, and was silent in his work as a media-neutral teacher until he finally presented his first pupil in elementary school, Ahmed Abu Eldahb, who continued with his nephew, And presented his biography of the group «73 historians» on documenting the conduct of the October fighters.

After his graduation, Abdulrahman began his military career at the Training Center. He initially participated in the Armored Corps, then joined the Telecommunications Corps with a Armored Corps. Later, he settled in Battalion 212, the 19th Infantry Division, located in Kilo 16.

"I have postponed my wedding date until the end of the war," said the 73-year-old judge, quoting the judge. "I have prepared my life to be a fighter on the line of fire."

As for the crossing, the judge said: "One day the soldiers were surprised by an air strike at 2:00 PM. The soldiers did not expect what had happened, but one of them whispered in their ear:" Rest assured, we will pass by God, Maj. Gen. Abdul Ghani Al-Jamsi. If God wants".