Six-Day War
1967 war between Israel and Arab states
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War, or the 1967 Arab–Israeli war (5–10 June 1967), was fought between Israel and a coalition of six Arab states, primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, in the context of the Arab–Israeli conflict. The war, in which Israel conquered and occupied the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank of the Jordan River, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights, shaped the political and strategic landscape of the Middle East into the 21st century. Many of the war's consequences remain unresolved. The war broke out amid continual armed border incidents as well as rising Pan-Arab Nationalism, which aimed to unite Arab nations around opposition to Israel. In April 1967, a border incident between Israel and Syria, led to an aerial engagement in which six Syrian jets were shot down. This led to false reports by the Soviet Union that Israel intended to launch a major ground attack upon Syria. In mid May, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser mobilized 100,000 Egyptian troops to the border with...
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