The Egyptians’ tanks could still have counter-attacked, but they were engaged by an Israeli tank battalion that appeared from well behind the trench lines, having crossed supposedly impassable sand dunes. Then the Israeli tanks that had been shooting up the trench lines crossed over them to enter the box, and finish off Egyptian resistance.
埃及坦克本来仍可以发起反攻，但他们被战壕后面冒出来的一个以色列坦克营缠住，这个坦克营不知怎样越过了被认为不可逾越的沙丘。之后刚刚朝战壕开火的以军坦克从这几辆坦克的上面开进防御工事，彻底粉碎了埃军的抵抗行动。通过乌姆卡提夫的道路因此被打开了。沙龙又一次打破了战争的基本法则，但依然大获全胜。