Gan Shmuel before the Six-Day War • 7 April – a minor Israeli-Syrian border incident escalates into a full-scale aerial battle over the
Golan Heights between the
Israeli Air Force and the
Syrian Air Force. Israel claimed it downed 6 Syrian
MiG-21s in three
dogfights with no plane loses. Syria claimed it downed 5 Israel
Mirages and killed at least 70 Israelis. • 15 May – 5 June – The "
Waiting period": • 15 May – In the midst of
Israel's Independence Day celebrations, Egyptian ground forces cross the
Suez Canal and enter the
Sinai peninsula. This move led Israel to an emergency state, known as the "
waiting period". • 22 May – Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser demands that the
UN forces evacuate the
Sinai peninsula and the
Gaza Strip (who were stationed there to prevent renewed armed conflict between Israel and Egypt). • 23 May – President Nasser closes the
Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, blockading
Israel's southern port of
Eilat, and Israel's entire
Red Sea coastline. • 30 May –
Jordan and
Egypt sign a defense agreement. • 3 June – Egypt's Commander-in-Chief issues an order for the day to his troops in Sinai which referenced the importance of "Holy War" and the reconquest of "the plundered soil of Palestine."
Six-Day War: • 5 June – Israel launches what is widely described as a
preemptive strike on Egyptian airfields and armored columns in
Gaza and
Sinai. • 6 June – The
Battle of Ammunition Hill takes place. • 6 June – the
Gaza Strip was occupied by Israel. • 7 June –
Reunification of Jerusalem as the
Old City of Jerusalem is captured by the IDF. • 8 June – Israeli Air Force attack a
U.S. Navy electronic intelligence vessel just outside Egypt's
territorial waters in what became known as the
USS Liberty incident. • 8 June – The
IDF takes of
Sharm el-Sheikh and
Al Qantarah El Sharqiyya. • 9 June – The beginning of the fighting in the
Golan Heights. • 10 June – The Six Day War ends and a ceasefire is signed the following day. The territories held now by Israel expanded significantly ("
The Purple Line") and included: the
West Bank (including
East Jerusalem),
Golan Heights,
Sinai Peninsula and
Gaza, which had been held by
Jordan,
Syria and
Egypt, respectively. The results of the war still affect the
geopolitics of the region. • 10 June – The
Moroccan Quarter, an 800-year-old neighborhood in the southeast corner of the
Old City of Jerusalem, is demolished by the Israeli government, creating a plaza in front of the
Western Wall in order to make public access to the Western Wall easier. File:6dayswar1.jpg|Israeli troops examine a destroyed Egyptian
MiG-21 in the
Sinai Peninsula, June 1967 File:Kotel 1967.jpg|Israeli
heavy-duty vehicles clearing up the demolished Moroccan Quarter ruins to create a plaza in front of the
Western Wall, July 1967 File:Ros hasana postcards2.JPG|Jewish new year cards with Six-Day War motifs
Post-war: • 17 June – The Israeli government transfers day-to-day control of the
Temple Mount site to the Islamic
Waqf. • 28 June – Israel declares the annexation of
East Jerusalem. Arab residents of East Jerusalem are given a permanent resident status in Israel. • 29 June – Jerusalem was reunified as Israel removed all barriers separating the Old City from the Israeli sector. • 1 September – The
Khartoum Resolution, issued at the conclusion of an
Arab League summit in
Khartoum,
Sudan, adopts the "Three No's" – "no peace with Israel; no recognition of Israel; no negotiations with Israel." • 21 October – An
Egyptian surface-to-surface missile sinks the
Israeli destroyer
Eilat, killing 47 Israeli sailors. Israel retaliates by shelling Egyptian refineries along the
Suez Canal.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1967 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets The most prominent
Palestinian terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1967 include: • 4 September – Bomb at Tel Aviv central bus station kills one person and injures 72.
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets The most prominent Israeli military
counter-terrorism operations (
military campaigns and
military operations) carried out against
Palestinian militants during 1967 include: • 20 August – Israeli army blow up four houses and destroy three others in
Abu Dis following an attack on a party of tourists. == Births ==