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How did Egypt lose the 6 Day war?
In the aftermath of the war, Israel had crippled the entirety of the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian militaries, having killed over 20,000 troops while losing fewer than 1,000 of its own….Six-Day War.
Date | 5–10 June 1967 (6-day) |
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Location | Levant, Middle East |
Result | Israeli victory |
Why did Israel invade Egypt?
The catalyst for the joint Israeli-British-French attack on Egypt was the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egyptian leader General Gamal Abdel Nasser in July 1956. The Israelis struck first, but were shocked to find that British and French forces did not immediately follow behind them.
How many Israeli soldiers died in the Six-Day War?
Regular conflicts
Conflict | Military deaths | Civilian deaths |
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Six-Day War (1967) | 776 | 20 |
War of Attrition (1967–71) | 1,424 | 127 |
Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982) | unknown | unknown |
Yom Kippur War (1973) | 2,656 | 0 |
Who was Yasser Arafat and what did he do?
Yasser Arafat | |
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Yasser Arafat awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, in December 1994 | |
1st President of the Palestinian National Authority | |
In office 5 July 1994 – 11 November 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Mahmoud Abbas Ahmed Qurei |
How many Jews died in the Six-Day War?
What happened to the Arab nations involved in the Six Day War?
Still wounded by their defeat in the Six-Day War, Arab leaders met in Khartoum, Sudan, in August 1967, and signed a resolution that promised “no peace, no recognition and no negotiation” with Israel. Led by Egypt and Syria, the Arab states later launched a fourth major conflict with Israel during 1973’s Yom Kippur War.
How did Israel win the war in Egypt?
Israel all but secured victory by establishing air superiority, but fierce fighting continued for several more days. The ground war in Egypt began on June 5. In concert with the air strikes, Israeli tanks and infantry stormed across the border and into the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip.
How did Nasser rule Egypt before the Six Day War?
In the years before the Six Day War, Egypt was ruled by Gamal Abdel Nasser, who in 1952, as a lieutenant colonel in the Egyptian army, had helped lead the overthrow of the monarch, King Farouk, by the so-called “Free Officers’ Movement.”
How did the Six-Day War come to an end?
On June 9, following an intense aerial bombardment, Israeli tanks and infantry advanced on a heavily fortified region of Syria called the Golan Heights. They successfully captured the Golan the next day. On June 10, 1967, a United Nations-brokered ceasefire took effect and the Six-Day War came to an abrupt end.