On 15 July 1974, ITN's Keith Hatfield reported from Sinai, as the Egyptian army staged an enormous reconstruction of its 1973 crossing of the Suez Canal exclusively for ITN's cameras. Soviet tanks, weapons, and a pontoon bridge were deployed in a large-scale spectacle designed to celebrate the historic crossing of 6 October 1973. Nevertheless, Hatfield contextualised the display of military might by highlighting that Israel suffered fewer losses than Egyptian forces, and that international diplomatic pressure played a greater role than Egyptian military force in bringing Israel to the negotiating table.

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