The Sinai war, also known as 'the June War, Third Arab Israeli
War and The 6 Day War was just one part in a long dispute that the
Arab nations had with Israel. Israel had been fighting increasing
terrorism and rocket attacks from the Arab countries around Israel,
and on 6 June 1967 discovered that Egypt, Jordan and Syria were
massing troops and aircraft around Israel's borders. Israel
attacked and in 6 days defeated the 3 Arab nations decisively.
Israel took the Sinai Peninsula and held it as a'buffer zone '
against further Egyptian tank attacks.