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Six-Day War

Six-Day War
Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict
Six Day War Territories.svg
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.
Date June 5–10, 1967 (6 days)
Location Middle East
Result Decisive Israeli victory
Territorial
changes
Israel captures the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria
Belligerents
 Israel Egypt
 Syria
 Jordan
Iraq
 Lebanon
Supported by:
Commanders and leaders
Levi Eshkol
Moshe Dayan
Yitzhak Rabin
Uzi Narkiss
Motta Gur
Israel Tal
Mordechai Hod
Yeshayahu Gavish ()
Ariel Sharon
Ezer Weizman
Shlomo Arel
David Elazar
Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt Abdel Hakim Amer
Egypt Abdul Munim Riad
Jordan Hussein
Jordan Zaid ibn Shaker
Jordan Asad Ghanma
Syria Salah Jadid
Syria Nureddin al-Atassi
Iraq Abdul Rahman Arif
Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah
Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Strength

50,000 troops
214,000 reserves
300 combat aircraft
800 tanks

Total troops: 264,000
100,000 deployed

Egypt: 240,000
Syria, Jordan, and Iraq: 307,000
957 combat aircraft
2,504 tanks
Lebanon: 2 combat aircraft

Total troops: 547,000
240,000 deployed
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
20 Israeli civilians killed
34 US Navy sailors killed

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. In reaction to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces along the Israeli border in the Sinai Peninsula, Israel launched a series of preemptive airstrikes against Egyptian airfields. 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.

Nasser induced Syria and Jordan to begin attacks on Israel by using the initially confused situation to claim that Egypt had defeated the Israeli air strike. Israeli counterattacks resulted in the seizure of East Jerusalem as well as the West Bank from the Jordanians, while Israel's retaliation against Syria resulted in its occupation of the Golan Heights.


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