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  Conflict Six-Day War <br/>( Arab-Israeli Conflict )
  Colour Scheme background:#bbcccc
  Caption IDF soldiers at Jerusalem 's Western Wall shortly after its capture
  Casus Egyptian naval blockade of the Straits Of Tiran , its military buildup in the Sinai Peninsula , and its expulsion of UN forces, as well as Syrian support for Fedayeen incursions into Israel
  Date June 5 , 1967June 10 , 1967
  Place Middle East
  Result Decisive Israeli victory
  Territory Israel captured the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem ) from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria
  Combatant1 Israel
  Combatant2 <br> Iraq
  Commander1 Yitzhak Rabin ,<br/> Moshe Dayan ,<br/> Uzi Narkiss ,<br/> Israel Tal ,<br/> Mordechai Hod , <br/> Ariel Sharon
  Commander2 Abdel Hakim Amer ,<br/> Abdul Munim Riad ,<br/> Zaid Ibn Shaker ,<br/> Hafez Al-Assad
  Strength1 264,000 (incl 214,000 reserve troops) 197 combat aircraft
  Strength2 Egypt 150,000 Syria 75,000 Jordan 55,000 812 combat aircraft
  Casualties1 779 killed,<br/>2,563 wounded,<br/>15 prisoners,<br/>19 aircraft lost<br/>(official casualties)
  Casualties2 21,000 killed,<br/>45,000 wounded,<br/>6,000 prisoners<br/>over 400 aircraft destroyed<br/>(estimates)