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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory On June 5, 1967, the third Middle East War broke out
On this day, 58 years ago, June 5, 1967 (April 28, 1967 in the lunar calendar), the third Middle East War broke out. Israeli troops are approaching the Suez Canal. With the support of the United States, Israel launched two wars of aggression against Arab countries in 1948 and 1956. On the morning of June 5, 1967, Israel once again launched full-scale aggression against Egypt, carrying out large-scale air and ground attacks on Egypt. The third Middle East war broke out in full swing. A communiqué issued by the Supreme Command of the Egyptian Armed Forces on the 5th said that Israeli aircraft launched attacks on Egyptian airports in the Sinai Peninsula and Suez Canal area near the Israeli border, as well as the Arab League Air Force Base near Cairo, and Sharm El Sheikh in the Strait of Tiran. It was also bombed by Israeli aircraft. In addition, Israeli forces also launched a full-scale offensive on the entire Egyptian border. While Israel launched aggression against Egypt, it also launched attacks against other Arab countries. In the face of Israel's armed attack, the Arab people rose up to fight. The Egyptian air force and anti-aircraft artillery shot down a group of Israeli invading aircraft. After attacking Israeli aircraft at Damascus International Airport, the Syria Air Force bombed airports, military facilities and troop assembly points in northern Israel, and bombed oil depots in the seaport. Jordan immediately declared war on Israel after Israeli aircraft attacked the capital Amman on the 5th. Jordanian troops shelled military positions in Israel. Lebanon troops reinforced Israel's southern border on the 5th. Kuwait immediately declared war on Israel after learning of Israel's aggression. Support troops from Algeria also headed for Egypt. More than 40 fighter jets from the Algeria Air Force also reached the front line. On the 5th, King Hassan of Morocco ordered his troops to immediately go to the Middle East to fight Israel. Sudan declared war on Israel on the same day. After an emergency meeting on the 5th, the Saudi cabinet announced that it would participate in the battle against Israel. On June 6, the governments of Egypt, Syria and Algeria issued separate statements, believing that the United States and Britain had participated in Israel's armed actions and announced that they would sever diplomatic relations with them. On June 6, Federline, the Soviet representative to the United Nations, and Goldberg, the U.S. representative, unanimously adopted a resolution in the United Nations Security Council calling on all relevant parties in the Middle East to "immediately achieve a ceasefire." The Syria representative regarded the ceasefire resolution as "a recognition of the status quo created by Israel." Iraq's foreign minister said the resolution was a "surrender to Israel." In addition, the governments of Sudan, Algeria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other countries issued separate statements rejecting the ceasefire resolution. On June 8 and 9, Egypt and Syria successively announced their acceptance of the UN Security Council ceasefire resolution. On the 8th, the Egyptian representative to the United Nations, on instructions from the government, met with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and handed him a letter stating that the Egyptian government had decided to accept the Security Council's call for a ceasefire on the condition that the other party agreed to a ceasefire. Since then, Syria, Jordan and other countries also announced their acceptance of the ceasefire. The war lasted for six days, so it was also called the "Six-Day War". During this war, Israel occupied a total of 65,700 square kilometers of land, turning 500,000 Arab people into refugees. Most of the West Bank was occupied by Israeli forces, the Egyptian army was completely defeated. The Sam-2 surface-to-air missiles made the Israeli army famous in the Battle of Sinai. The French Mirage-3 fighter jets Israeli Defense Minister Dayan Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Arafat The city of Cantova on the Suez Canal Israeli troops are approaching the Suez Canal News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/1ljc.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.27-14:02] 访问:75
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