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Oct 11, 2023 · The 2023 war started on a Saturday, when many Israelis stay home to observe the Sabbath, while the 1973 war started on Yom Kippur, a holy day when many Israeli businesses are closed so they can go ...
Unholy War. On October 6, 1973 — Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar (and during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan) — Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated surprise attack against Israel. The equivalent of the total forces of NATO in Europe was mobilized on Israel’s borders.
Oct 6, 2023 · A surprise attack on Israeli territory by Arab coalition forces on October 6, 1973, began the final and bloodiest conflict of the Arab-Israeli wars. October 6, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, but it didn’t emerge out of nowhere. For decades leading up to the war, Israel and its Arab ...
Oct 8, 2018 · It has been 45 years since the start of the 1973 War between Israel, Egypt and Syria. The war, known to Israelis as the Yom Kippur War, and to Arabs as the October War, ushered in a new reality in ...
Oct 1, 2023 · The reverberations of the Yom Kippur war, or Ramadan war as it is known in Arabic, are still felt today. “We were 12 men and three tanks, and in the valley below, there were three Syrian ...
Sep 30, 2023 · It's a war with many names: The Yom Kippur War, the Ramadan War, the October War. What is clear 50 years after it was fought is that it was a conflict that really did change the world.
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from 6 to 25 October 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. The majority of combat between the two sides took place in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights—both of which had been occupied by ...
