yes, but the US quickly told them to break up with Israel after this incident. The Suez crisis was the last time France and Britain started acting like the superpowers they used to be, and it was a good introduction to them to the superpowers of tommorow USA and Soviet Union.

The USA then proceeded to impose an arms embargo on the entire region, including Israel. Israel then started its own military industrial complex made out of scrap metal.

Its how worldwide global names such as the Uzi came about. A humble weapon constructed in a desert out of scrap metal that won wars.