 On 23 October 1955, Ben-Gurion instructed Dayan to prepare plans to capture Sharm al Sheikh.On the night of 27 October 1955, an IDF battalion attacked an Egyptian army post at Kuntilla (Operation Egged), killing 12 Egyptian soldiers.On 2 November, al Sabha, close to the DMZ, was attacked, in Operation Volcano ("Mivtza Ha Ga'ash"), killing 81 Egyptian soldiers.