Newsweek Errors 1973

The October 29, 1973 issue of Newsweek has some interesting but dubious accounts. One, on page 49,  describes a fictitious action on October 14, 1973:
When Egypt attempted to expand its foothold in the Sinai last week, a Pentagon tank expert said the Israelis effectively coordinated their armor and airpower to throw the Egyptians back with heavy losses. "The Israelis outfoxed the Egyptians by opening their tank column into two wings, letting a large number of Egyptian tanks move through, and then attacking the flanks of the Egyptian column from both sides. At times, the Egyptian tanks were firing at each other in the confusion." 
In fact none of the engagements of October 14 were like that.  On that date, Israeli tanks from Kishuf ridge attacked the flank of Egypt's 1st armored brigade. But they struck from only one direction (south) and this occurred during the 1st's retreat, after its failed attack on Hamadia. The Egyptian tanks were not reported to have fired on one another.

The Yom Kippur War mentions another ambush of retreating Egyptians. This happened during the night of October 14-15, near the Giddi pass in the Third Army sector. Again, tanks fired from just one side as Egyptian forces withdrew, and Cairo's tankmen were not confused. Basically the Israelis just repelled frontal attacks on the 14th. They didn't prepare traps in advance that day.
Not even the famous ambush of October 17 fits the description of the action. The Israelis let Egypt's 25th brigade advance into a trap. But again, they attacked only one flank, the right, as the 25th's left was covered by the Bitter lake. There was no "friendly fire" there either.

One battle on the northern front may match the account. Near Red Ridge on the Golan, Israeli forces struck at least one flank of an attacking Syrian brigade. Thrown into confusion, Syrian tanks began shooting at one another. Either the Pentagon expert was ill-informed  about a battle, or a reporter was.
Other errors appear on page 42:
By the weekend, Israel's still-growing army had knocked out more of Egypt's air defenses along a 50-mile stretch of the 101 mile waterway, capturing Fayid and Abu Suweir airfields near the port of Suez and encircling Ismailia.
In fact the Israelis never captured Abu Suweir airfield. They reached the outskirts of Ismailia but didn't encircle it. False reporting reflected the difficulty of keeping up with events. To appear up to date, Newsweek guessed what would happen next. It seemed likely that Israeli units would bypass and surround Ismailia rather than attack it frontally and risk getting bogged down. In the process they would take Abu Suweir to the northwest of Ismailia. Actually, Egyptian forces successfully defended this area while the main Israeli effort was farther south toward Suez.