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The Arab - Israeli war broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palenstinian Mandate immediatly following he announcement of the independance of the state of Israel
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Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt towards the Suez Canal after egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal in July of that same year.
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In six days of fighting, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, the Golan Heights of Syria, and the West Bank and Arab sector of East Jerusalem, both previously under Jordanian rule.
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On the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and during Ramadan The war, which eventually drew both the United States and the Soviet Union into indirect confrontation in defense of their respective allies, was launched with the diplomatic aim of convincing a chastened Israel to negotiate on terms more favourable to the Arab countries.
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At the White House in Washington, D.C., Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords, laying the groundwork for a permanent peace agreement between Egypt and Israel after three decades of hostilities.
