56 years to the Six-Day War

From a targeted operation to the occupation of Sinai and the Golan Heights, from the Jordanian sniper fire to the reverberating sound of the shofar at the Western Wall –

The historic six days of fighting in June 1967 commenced with an overwhelming fear of annihilation and culminated in a wave of euphoria and ignited dreams of a fully realized Land of Israel. These momentous six days forever altered the course of history.

At the culmination of an intense 60-hour IDF campaign: Old Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Sinai front – all in the grasp of Israel; “The Straits of Tiran forcibly reopened” – blared the headline of “Haaretz” on the morning of June 8, 1967, heralding the fourth day of the Six Day War. What commenced as a devastating airstrike that left the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria virtually incapacitated swiftly transformed into a lightning-fast blitzkrieg, propelling the IDF to swiftly conquer the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the Old City, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights over the course of just six days.

June 1967 marked a pivotal war that expanded Israel’s borders but also instilled profound euphoria within the hearts of the country’s residents and armed forces. The far-reaching accomplishments, as well as the enduring consequences, of this war, continue to shape the destiny of Israel and reverberate throughout the entire region even to this day.