Israel did not have the capacity to take them all prisoner and where possible , facilitated their movement toward the Canal where they would attempt to swim across .
Thousands of Egyptian soldiers became stragglers and tried desperately to make their way westward toward the Suez Canal zone .
Israel did not have the capacity to take them all prisoner and where possible , facilitated Thousands ' movement toward the Canal where they would attempt to swim across .
Thousands of Egyptian soldiers became stragglers and tried desperately to make their way westward toward the Suez Canal zone .