1967 Six Day War
| Six-Day War | |||||||||
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| Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict | |||||||||
 Territory held by Israel before and after the Six Day War. The Straits of Tiran are circled, between the Gulf of Aqaba to the north and the Red Sea to the south. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Israel |
 Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq LebanonSupported by: |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Levi Eshkol Moshe Dayan Yitzhak Rabin Uzi Narkiss Motta Gur Israel Tal Mordechai Hod Yeshayahu Gavish Ariel Sharon Ezer Weizman Shlomo Erell David Elazar
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Gamal Abdel Nasser Abdel Hakim Amer Abdul Munim Riad Hussein Zaid ibn Shaker Asad Ghanma Salah Jadid Nureddin al-Atassi Abdul Rahman Arif Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-SabahSaleh Mohammed Al-Sabah Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
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| Strength | |||||||||
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50,000 troops 100,000 deployed |
Egypt: 240,000 240,000 deployed |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 776–983 killed 4,517 wounded 15 captured 400 tanks destroyed 46 aircraft destroyed |
Egypt: 10,000–15,000 killed or missing 4,338 captured Jordan: 6,000 killed or missing 533 captured Syria: 2,500 killed 591 captured Iraq: 10 killed 30 wounded Lebanon: One aircraft lost Hundreds of tanks destroyed 452+ aircraft destroyed |
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| 20 Israeli civilians killed 34 US Navy sailors killed |
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50,000 troops
214,000 reserves
300 combat aircraft
800 tanks
Egypt: 240,000
Syria, Jordan, and Iraq: 307,000
957 combat aircraft
2,504 tanks
Lebanon: 2 combat aircraft
The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים, Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim; Arabic: النكسة, an-Naksah, "The Setback" or حرب ۱۹٦۷, Ḥarb 1967, "War of 1967"), also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known at the time as the United Arab Republic), Jordan, and Syria.
Relations between Israel and its neighbours had never fully normalised following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In the period leading up to June 1967, tensions became dangerously heightened. Israel reiterated its 1950s statement that the closure of the straits of Tiran to its shipping would be a casus belli and in late May Nasser announced the straits would be closed to Israeli vessels. Egypt then mobilised its forces along its border with Israel, and on 5 June Israel launched what it claimed were a series of preemptive airstrikes against Egyptian airfields. Claims and counterclaims relating to this series of events are one of a number of controversies relating to the conflict.
The Egyptians were caught by surprise, and nearly the entire Egyptian air force was destroyed with few Israeli losses, giving the Israelis air superiority. Simultaneously, the Israelis launched a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip and the Sinai, which again caught the Egyptians by surprise. After some initial resistance, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the evacuation of the Sinai. Israeli forces rushed westward in pursuit of the Egyptians, inflicted heavy losses, and conquered the Sinai.
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