April 1967: General Nasser, at the head of Egypt, demands the withdrawal of UN forces from Sinai and the Gaza Strip. May 27: he blocks the Strait of Tiran, in the Red Sea, preventing Israeli ships from accessing Elath. June 5 - 7:75 a.m.: the Knesset decides to go on the offensive. Moshe Dayan, Minister of Defense, orders General Ytzak Rabin to attack. June 5 in the evening: half of the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian air forces are destroyed.
From June 6 to 10, Israeli army tanks overwhelm their adversaries on all fronts. June 10 End of fighting. In less than a week, the Jewish state triples its surface area by occupying the Gaza Strip, the Sinai, the Golan, the West Bank, the old city of Jerusalem, a major symbol