Military career of Muhammad Quraysh that a Muslim attack was imminent, a Meccan relief force of 1000 men, many of them wearing mail armour, was sent. Abu Jahl, who led the relief army, pressed northwards to where he expected the Muslim army to be: at Badr. While marching, however, around 200–400 warriors left his army and headed back to Mecca. Muhammad was unaware of the Meccan army until one day before contact, when his men captured two Quraysh waterbearers. The Muslims took up a defensive position. The battle started off with a duel between three Muslim and three Meccan champions, which the Muslims decided
Operation Badr order of battle Staff - Lt Gen David Elazar Deputy Chief of Staff - Maj Gen Israel Tal Head of Operations - Maj Gen Abraham Tamir Head of Intelligence - Maj Gen Eli Zeira Southern Command: Maj. Gen. Shmuel Gonen +Mechanised Infantry and Paratroop support +Mechanised Infantry and Paratroop support including: 35th Paratroop Brigade - Col Uzi Yairi +Mechanized Infantry units Operation Badr order of battle This is the order of battle for Operation Badr, an Egyptian military operation that initiated the Yom Kippur War against Israel along the Suez Canal in the Sinai on October 6, 1973. As neither belligerent has released