On the 22 nd of January  of each year Red Sea Governorate celebrates  its national day which corresponding to the epic battle of Shedwan during this battle the Egyptian forces with the support of the regional people who provided  marine support  managed to defeat the Israeli attach on the island during Attrition ware  . A military statement on the 23 rd of January announced  that the Israeli enemy tried  to occupy the island but our Egyptian military air defense forces defeated  the Israeli airplanes where  one of his  Mirage airplanes was destroyed and its pilot was seen landing  with his parachute  into the sea , the statement added that the enemy with his phantom & sky hook   airplanes attacked some of the boats there and managed to destroy one of these boats but the Egyptian air force destroyed a second Israeli  Sky Hook  airplane then . The battle continued for 36 hours where the Egyptians forces managed to defeat the Israeli battalion that withdrew from the parts they occupied. Casualties & death toll were on both  sides, 50 soldiers for the Israeli & 80 soldiers of the Egyptian. Chaim Bar Live the Israeli Defense Forces Chief of General Staff confessed that the Egyptian Forces were so brave in defending the island inch by inch. It is known that Shedwan Island is a rocky island which had a lighthouse & a radar set but it is so close from SUZ Canal the vital area for Israel then.