sentences:  However, a number of Israeli generals, including General David Elazar, cottoned on to the fact that the Syrians and the Egyptians were mobilising their forces behind the ceasefire lines, preparing for offensive actions.Importantly, and arguably the fact that saved the Golan Heights from Syrian conquest, was the ordering of the 7th Armoured Brigade to the area, even though this was a blatant disregard of the spirit of the Israeli High Command's current directives.Nevertheless, when war started, clearly Israel as a whole was surprised.