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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory The Third Middle East War ended on June 10, 1967
On this day, 58 years ago, June 10, 1967 (May 3, 1967 in the lunar calendar), the third Middle East War ended. At 7:45 a.m. on June 5, 1967, Israel dispatched almost its entire air force to carry out lightning attacks on all airports in Egypt, Syria and Iraq. Half an hour after the air strike, Israeli ground forces also launched an attack, and Arab countries also resisted. By the end of the Ten-Day War, the Arab countries had failed. This was the Third Middle East War, also known as "June. Five Wars "or" Six Days War ". June 5, 1967: The protagonist of this blitzkrieg was the Air Force. On June 5, 1967, Israel dispatched its entire Air Force and launched a large-scale surprise attack on Arab countries such as Egypt, Syria and Jordan. On this day, almost all Israeli air force forces, and even trainer aircraft, went into battle, attacking 25 air bases in Arab countries. In the 60 hours after the start of the war, Israel destroyed a total of 451 Arab aircraft, of which Egypt lost 336 aircraft, Syria lost 60 aircraft, Jordan lost 29 aircraft, Iraq lost 25 aircraft, and Lebanon lost 1 aircraft. Egypt lost 95% of its combat aircraft and the entire Egyptian Air Force was paralyzed, while Israel lost only 26 aircraft. The Soviet Union planned the war. The United States planned to attack Israel and the Soviet Union deliberately provoked this war between Israel by spreading false intelligence and other means. The reason why the Soviet Union did this was mainly because Israel had made huge breakthroughs in nuclear research. To deal with this threat, the Soviet Union hoped to join forces with Egypt to bomb Israel's Dimona nuclear facility during the war, and they even planned to land on the Israeli coast. At the time, Soviet nuclear submarines were also sailing close to the coast of Israel to respond to Israel's nuclear weapons when it was ready to use it. Similarly, on the eve of the war, the United States formulated a secret military plan to launch a military strike against Israel if Israel entered the West Bank eastward or captured the Sinai Peninsula westward. But the plan ultimately ended in failure. What defeated the United States and the Soviet Union was the rapid speed of the Israeli army. The Third Middle East War can be called a classic battle in the history of war. In this war, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, the Old City of Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and the Golan Heights in Syria, totaling 65,000 square kilometers of Arab land, thus determining Israel's strategic advantage. However, this war did not bring Israel the peace it hoped for. The series of problems it caused still affect today's Arab-Israeli situation, causing Israelis and Palestinians to suffer the pain of conflict at the same time. When talking about the war, Raymond Cohen, professor of international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said that the war was just a continuation of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Objectively speaking, the Third Middle East War was fought against the background of the gradual development of the pan-Arab political movement in the 1950s. At that time, Egypt, Jordan and Syria signed the Common Defense Agreement and conveyed the voice of "destroying the State of Israel" before the war. However, Israel cannot compete with Egypt, Jordan and Syria in terms of strength or equipment. Under such circumstances, Israel, which was "fighting for survival", achieved complete victory in just six days of war, thereby changing its status among countries in the Middle East."The existence of a Jewish state in the Middle East" became a reality that other countries in the region had to accept. Professor Cohen's view quite represents the thoughts of many Israelis. However, developments show that what Cohen calls "reality" has been constantly challenged. During this period, in addition to the normalization of bilateral relations between Egypt and Israel through peace negotiations, the Palestinian refugee issue, the West Bank issue, the status of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights issue were all left over due to the complex interests and involvement of all parties. Political, religious, ethnic and other complex factors, and became an obstacle to the long-standing unresolved issues such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Lebanon-Israeli conflict, and the Syrian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East. This is mainly a question of Israel's post-war policies. For example: the construction of Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank has intensified the conflict between Israel and local Palestinians; The construction of multiple checkpoints has hindered the flow of people and goods in Palestinian areas, caused the deterioration of the Palestinian economy and a humanitarian crisis, triggered more violent resistance by the Palestinian people to the Israeli occupation, etc. Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who once approved the establishment of certain settlements, now admits that establishing settlements in places such as Hebron, where the Palestinian population is highly dense, was "a mistake." In addition, the rise of regional extremist forces has also complicated the resolution of relevant issues. The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has always refused to accept the three principles of renouncing violence, recognizing Israel, and accepting the peace agreement reached between Palestine and Israel proposed by the Quartet on the Middle East issue. This is something Israel cannot accept in any case. "The victory in the third Middle East war was unforgettable for Israel, and unfortunately it was not the last war," Peres said. Indeed, in the following 40 years, conflicts of large and small between Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon occurred frequently and continue to this day. While war claimed thousands of lives, it also warned people that it did not solve problems. Reflecting on this war, Israelis should draw inspiration from it: war cannot bring true peace. News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/1ltw.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.27-13:16] 访问:76
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