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Facts

Also Known As June War • Third Arab-Israeli War
Date June 5, 1967 - June 10, 1967
Participants Egypt • Israel • Jordan • Syria
Context Arab-Israeli wars

Photos

Israeli soldiers and armored vehicles enter a city street in Gaza during the Six-Day War, June 6, 1967, with street signs and buildings visible in the background.
Six-Day War in the Golan Heights
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Timeline

Israeli soldiers and armored vehicles enter a city street in Gaza during the Six-Day War, June 6, 1967, with street signs and buildings visible in the background.
Six-Day War
June 5, 1967 - June 10, 1967
Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur War
October 6, 1973 - c. November 1973

Key People

Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin
prime minister of Israel
King Hussein of Jordan
Hussein
king of Jordan
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
prime minister of Israel
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
president of Egypt
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak
prime minister of Israel
Omar Suleiman, 2007.
Omar Suleiman
vice president of Egypt
Moshe Dayan.
Moshe Dayan
Israeli soldier and statesman
Abba Eban
Abba Eban
Israeli statesman
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ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm ʿĀmir
Egyptian military official and vice president
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David Elazar
Israeli military commander
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Aḥmad Ismāʿīl
Egyptian defense minister

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