Suez Canal Crisis, 1956 Hebron Gaza Mediterranean Sea Port Said JORDAN Beersheba Port Fuad El' Arish ISRAEL Limit of English and French Advance Ismailia Abu Ageila El Qantara El Auja EGYPT Suez Canal El Qusaima Sweet Water Canal Bir Gafgafa Bir Hasne Bitter Lakes El Kuntilla Suez Mitla Pass El Nakhel Ras el Naqb Eilat SINAI PENINSULA Gulf of Suez N 0 0 Gulf of Aqaba SAUDI ARABIA 38 Miles 38 Kms El Tûr English and French Forces Israeli Troop Movements Suez Canal Egyptian Blockades © Infobase Publishing Sharm al-Sheikh Straits of Tiran Red Sea