At one point in the fighting, Elazar was forced to replace the Chief of the Southern Command, Major General Shmuel Gonen (known as "Gorodish") with the former Chief of General Staff Haim Bar-Lev.
På et vist punkt under kampene blev Elazar tvunget til at udskifte chefen for sydkommandoen, generalmajor Shmuel Gonen (kendt som "Gorodish") med den tidligere generalstabschef Haim Bar-Lev.