Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Yom Kippur War of 1973, in which the Arab states of Egypt and Syria launched surprise attacks on Israel in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Israel…
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Yom Kippur War of 1973, in which the Arab states of Egypt and Syria launched surprise attacks on Israel in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Israel repulsed the attacks, leading to a successful ceasefire two weeks and five days later, but was sufficiently spooked that it pursued peace with its neighbors in the following years, returning the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in 1982.
