HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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During what war did Israel gain the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank (including East Jerusalem), and Golan Heights?
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The 1948 Israeli War of Independence
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The 1956 Suez Canal Crisis.
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The 1967 Six Day War
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The 1973 Yom Kippur War
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On the morning of June 5, 1967, Israel launched a preemptive strike against Egyptian forces in response to Egypt’s closing of the Straits of Tiran. By June 11, the conflict had come to include Jordan and Syria.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the five days that followed Israel routed the armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. It captured the Gaza Strip and the Sinai desert from Egypt; the Golan Heights from Syria; and the West Bank and East Jerusalem, from Jordan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Six-Day War was a brief but bloody conflict fought in June 1967 between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
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