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Yom Kippoer oorlog

1973 Oct 6, The fourth Arab-Israeli war in 25 years was fought. Israel was taken by surprise when Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attacked on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War. The Yom Kippur War in which Syria tried to regain the Golan Heights with a massive attack with 1,500 tanks. The assault was repulsed by air power.

(WSJ, 5/6/96, p.A-13)(TL-MB, p.21) (TMC, 1994, p.1973)(AP, 10/6/97) (HN, 10/6/98)