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Forty years on, we explore the story of what Egyptians call the October War and Israelis the Yom Kippur War of 1973.
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The War in June 1967
The June 1967 Arab-Israeli war lasted only six days but its consequences are still felt across the Middle East today.
2 Jun 2017
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The seeds of the current troubled Middle Eastern scene were sown in the June 1967 war that Israel started.
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