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A look back at 1973's October War
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/10/6/a-look-back-at-1973s-october-war(pictures, links to several other articles about the war at link)
A look back at 1973’s October War
It is 50 years since the start of the war between Israel, Egypt and Syria, known to Arabs as the October War.
Three barefoot, blindfolded Egyptian POWs are led to the western side of the Suez Canal by an Israeli soldier. [Daniel Rosenblum/Getty Images]
Published On 6 Oct 2023
6 Oct 2023
Fifty years ago today, a war erupted in the Middle East that changed not just the region, but the world. It’s a war of many names, depending on who you ask: the October War, the Yom Kippur War, the Ramadan War, or the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
The war’s victor is just as disputed. It began with a two-pronged attack against Israel by Egypt and Syria. Egypt attacked from the south, to take back the Sinai Peninsula, and Syria from the north, to take back the Golan Heights.
Israel had captured both six years prior in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, alongside occupying what remained of historic Palestine.
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It is 50 years since the start of the war between Israel, Egypt and Syria, known to Arabs as the October War.
Three barefoot, blindfolded Egyptian POWs are led to the western side of the Suez Canal by an Israeli soldier. [Daniel Rosenblum/Getty Images]
Published On 6 Oct 2023
6 Oct 2023
Fifty years ago today, a war erupted in the Middle East that changed not just the region, but the world. It’s a war of many names, depending on who you ask: the October War, the Yom Kippur War, the Ramadan War, or the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
The war’s victor is just as disputed. It began with a two-pronged attack against Israel by Egypt and Syria. Egypt attacked from the south, to take back the Sinai Peninsula, and Syria from the north, to take back the Golan Heights.
Israel had captured both six years prior in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, alongside occupying what remained of historic Palestine.
[...]