The Syrians had expected it to take at least 24 hours for Israeli reserves to reach the front lines; in fact, reserve units began reaching the battle lines only 15 hours after the war began.
Syrerne havde regnet med at det ville tage mindst 24 timer for de israelske reservister at nå frem til frontlinjen, men de begyndte at nå frem allerede 15 timer efter at krigen begyndte.