Operation Bulmus 6, also known as the Green Island Raid, was a military raid conducted by special operations units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against what was believed to be an Egyptian early-warning radar and ELINT station located on a small artificial island in the Gulf of Suez on the night of 19 July 1969. Background Green Island, or Al Jazeera Al Khadraa, was a fortress built by British forces during World War II. Located south of the city of Suez and the mouth of the Suez Canal, it…