Pertempuran Rafa

Pertempuran Rafa, juga dikenal sebagai Aksi Rafah, terjadi pada 9 Januari 1917, adalah pertempuran ketiga dan terakhir yang dilakukan untuk merebut kembali Semenanjung Sinai oleh pasukan Inggris saat Kampanye Sinai dan Palestina dari Perang Dunia Pertama. Desert Column dari Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) menyerang sebuah garisun Tentara Ottoman berparit di El Magruntein sampai selatan Rafah, dekat dengan garis depan antara Kesultanan Mesir dan Kekaisaran Ottoman, sampai timur laut Sheikh Zowaiid. Serangan tersebut menandai permulaan pertikaian di wilayah Palestina Ottoman.

Pertempuran Rafa
Bagian dari Teater Timur Tengah pada Perang Dunia I
Bagian dari garis penembakan Kekaisaran Britania di Rafa
Tanggal 9 Januari 1917 Lokasi Perbatasan Sinai–Palestina Hasil Kemenangan Kekaisaran Britania
Pihak terlibat
Kekaisaran Britania	Kekaisaran Ottoman
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Philip Chetwode	Tidak diketahui
Kekuatan
Desert Column ANZAC Mounted Division Imperial Camel Corps Brigade 7th Light Car Patrol	Garisun Ottoman dari 2,000 prajurit
Korban
71 tewas, 415 luka-luka	200 tewas, 168 luka-luka, 1,434 tahanan

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