ISRAEL-PALESTINE. The Six Day War. 1967. Jerusalem, 7 June. Liberation of old city, D. Ben Gurion at Dome of the Rock.

On the morning of the 5th June 1967, the SIX DAY WAR broke out. After a period of tension and waiting, the Israeli Government decided to launch a preventive attack. The war was waged against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. In the course of it, the Israeli Defense Forces captured the Sinai Peninsula, Jerusalem East, and the West Bank of the Jordan River, and the Golan Heights.