 At one point, Iraqi forces pushed the Iranian troops back as they were passing through a very narrow canal.Due to a lack of RPG rockets and the sensitive formation of the Iraqi tanks, Fahmideh, seeing that his older comrades were already dead or wounded, wrapped himself in a grenade belt from a nearby body, pulled the pins out, and jumped underneath an advancing Iraqi tank, killing himself and disabling the tank.This led the Iraqi tank column to believe that the Iranians had mined the area, ceasing their advance.