What happened in the Arab-Israeli War of 1973?

Answer 1

Answer 1

The Yom Kippur War began when Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel with the backing of other Arab nations. Forces from the two nations crossed the cease-fire lines at the Golan Heights and Sinai with another front opened by Egypt when it began attacking Israel across the Suez Canal, gaining the upper hand for the first four days of the war.

Answer 2

The Yom Kippur War began when Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel with the backing of other Arab nations and of the Soviets. The attack took place on Yom Kippur in 1973, when most Israelis were in synagogues praying. Forces from Egypt and Syria crossed the cease-fire lines at the Golan Heights and Sinai. Egypt attacked Israel across the Suez Canal, gaining the upper hand for the first four days of the war. Israel was in serious peril, and 3,000 Israelis were killed in the fighting; but by the end of a couple of weeks, the Israelis had improved their positions considerably and completed their encirclement of Egypt's Third Army and the city of Suez, advancing to within 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Damascus and 101 kilometres (63 mi) from Cairo.
Egypt, Jordan and Syria all decided to launch a surprise attack agents Israel at the same time. Israeli forces not only managed to stop the advance but actually managed to take enemy ground, mainly because God was on there side.

Answer 2

Arab oil embargo.