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Įgypt and Syria both wanted a return of the land they had. The decision was kept a closely-guarded secret within Israeli government circles and the offer was withdrawn in October, 1967. Although the Israeli government secretly decided to return the land in return for peace, this was never communicated to Egypt and Syria and the decision was later rescinded. In 1971 Israel spent $500 million fortifying its positions on the Suez Canal, a chain of fortifications and gigantic earthworks known as the Bar Lev Line, named after Israeli General Chaim Bar-Lev. In the years following that war, Israel erected lines of fortification in both the Sinai and the Golan Heights. The Israelis had also captured roughly half of the Golan Heights from Syria. During the Six-Day War, six years earlier, the Israelis captured the Sinai clear to the Suez Canal, which had become the cease-fire line. The war was part of of the Arab-Israeli conflict, which began in 1948. Anwar Sadat was able to change tactics, and sue for peace with Israel with dignity. Egypt, which had already been drifting away from the Soviet Union, then left the Soviet sphere of influence almost entirely. The Camp David Accords, which came soon after, led to normalized relations between Egypt and Israel-the first time any Arab country had recognized the Israeli state. This vindication paved the way for the peace process that followed, as well as liberalizations such as Egypt's infitah policy. The Arab world, which had been humiliated by the lopsided defeat of the Egyptian-Syrian-Jordanian alliance during the Six Day War, felt psychologically vindicated by its string of victories early in the conflict.

The war had far-reaching implications for many nations. Territory gained by Israel during the Six-Day War was initially regained by Egypt and Syria, then lost again. The two journalists leading the investigation, Ronen Bergman and Gil Meltzer, later went on to publish Yom Kippur War, Real Time: The Updated Edition.

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The war began on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur with a surprise joint attack by Egypt and Syria crossing the cease-fire lines in the Sinai and Golan Heights, respectively, which had been captured by Israel in 1967 during the Six-Day War.ĭuring the Fall of 2003, following the declassification of key Aman documents, Yedioth Ahronoth released a series of controversial articles which revealed that key Israeli figures were aware of considerable danger that an attack was likely, including Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan, but decided not to act. The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, or October War (Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים (Romanization of Hebrew transliteration) Milkhemet Yom HaKipurim or מלחמת יום כיפור, Milkhemet Yom Kipur Arabic: حرب أكتوبر (Arabic transliteration) ħarb October or حرب تشرين, ħarb Tishrin), also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6, to October 26, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab nations led by Egypt and Syria. Iraq: 60,000 troops 700 tanks 500 armored carriers 200 artillery units 73 airplanes Syria: 150,000 troops (60,000 deployed) 1,400 tanks, 800-900 armored carriers 600 artillery units 350 airplanes, 36 helicopters 21 warships 338: cease-fire leading to Geneva ConferenceĮgypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.Ĥ15,000 troops 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored carriers 945 artillery units 561 airplanes, 84 helicopters 38 warshipsĮgypt: 800,000 troops (300,000 deployed) 2,400 tanks, 2,400 armored carriers 1,120 artillery units 690 airplanes, 161 helicopters 104 warships Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, and surrounding regions of the Middle East Egyptian soldiers with a portrait of Anwar Sadat.Egyptian troops raising the flag of Egypt at a former Israeli position in the Sinai Peninsula.Israeli troops evacuating wounded personnel.

Israeli soldier praying in the Sinai Peninsula.Israeli Nesher variant of the Mirage V fighter jet flying over the Golan Heights.Clockwise from top-left: Israeli tanks crossing the Suez Canal

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