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In March 1968, Gonen oversaw the armored corps in the [[Battle of Karameh]] in [[Jordan]], where [[Yasser Arafat]] and the [[PLO]] had their base. A few armored vehicles were left on the scene and used by the PLO for propaganda. He continued to rise through the ranks, and on 15 July 1973, he replaced [[Ariel Sharon]] as Chief of the Southern Command.

<ref></ref>==Yom Kippur War and Agranat Commission==

​​​​​​​I am Shlomo Gonen Gorodish, biography by Gadi Lupo, publisher, 2024. Hebrew language

Gonen's response to the Egyptian attack during the Yom Kippur War and his actions during the first days of fighting (culminating in the disastrous attack on [[Hizayon]] on October 8) was deemed a failure by the army's General Staff, and he was replaced on 10 October by [[Haim Bar-Lev]]. The [[Agranat Commission]], which investigated the events leading up to the war, wrote about him that: