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On 6 October 1973 hostilities broke out again in the Middle East. The Security Council held several urgent meetings and on 22 October called for a cease-fire. Three days later, on 25 October, it decided to send a 7,000-man U.N. Emergency Force (UNEF) to the area to observe the cease-fire and to do its best to prevent a recurrence of the fighting.

Lt. Col. Felikx Cembrzynski (2nd from right) of the Polish Logistic Team, Chief Engineering Officer, explaining the mechanism of an Egyptian antitank mine detonator at a Mine Training Course organized by the Polish Logistic Team. Engineering Officers from all UNEF contingents as well as logistic teams were informed of various types of Egyptian and Israeli mines.