The Egyptian army officer credited with the idea to destroy the Israeli Bar Lev line on the Suez Canal's eastern bank during the 1973 Arab Israeli war, has been laid to rest.
Baki Zaki Youssef died on Saturday at the age of 87.
His funeral took place on Sunday at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in the district of Heliopolis in Cairo.
Youssef has been hailed as a hero for thinking to destroy the Bar Lev line with water pumps.
In 1973, Egyptian forces launched a surprise attack across the Suez Canal, cutting through the Bar Lev line of Israeli defenses.
