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Events leading to the Six Day War, 1967
The Six Day War was the first major Arab attempt since 1948 to destroy Israel. In
November 1966, an Egyptian-Syrian Defense Agreement was signed, encouraging the
Syrians to escalate tensions, which reached a climax in the spring of 1967.
May 14: Egypt mobilizes its forces in and around the Suez Canal.
May 16: Egypt moves it forces eastward across the Sinai desert towards the Israeli border,
demanding the withdrawal of UN Emergency Force (UNEF) stationed along the frontier.
May 19: The Egyptians expelled the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) from the Gaza Strip and
Sinai, and continued pouring its military forces into these areas.
May 22: Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, constituting a casus belli for
Israel.
May 24-June 4: Answering the Egyptian call, the governments of Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
Syria and Lebanon moved their forces toward the Israeli border. Israel mobilized its reserve
forces, and launched a diplomatic campaign to win international support for ending the
Egyptian blockade of Israeli shipping through the Strait of Tiran.
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