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January 1967 |
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February 1967 |
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March 1967 |
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April 1967 |
-Dogfights between Israel
and
Syria after border incidents at the Golan
Heights. Following an attack on
the Israeli Water carrier at the water pump at Kibbutz Misgav Am,
Israeli
Prime Minister and Defense Minister Levi Eshkol resolved
that after the
next act of belligerence, Israel would position armored tractors deep
into the demilitarized zones, wait to be hit, and then fire back1.
Enusing skirmishes led to a dogfight over the Golan Heights resulting
in the loss of six Syrian aircraft and Israeli Air Forces strafing the
Syrian capital. |
May 1967 |
-Egyptian President Nasser declares "The armies of Egypt,
Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the
borders of Israel . . . . to face the challenge, while standing behind
us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab
nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the
Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have
reached the stage of serious action and not declarations." -Egypt expels UN peacekeeping forces from the Sinai Peninsula. -Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping. |
June 1967 |
-Israel Pre-emptively
strikes Egypt in "Operation Focus." -Egypt retreats from Sinai Peninsula. -Israeli Defene Forces Paratroopers advance and capture East Jerusalem. |