Egypt Yom Kippur War

The war began on the jewish day of repentance of yom kippur in 1973 and it happened during the muslim month of ramadan the attack by egypt and syria was a surprise to israel after israel conquered the.
Egypt yom kippur war. Egypt marked the 43rd anniversary of the outbreak of the 1973 yom kippur war on thursday with critics of president abdul fattah el sisi s regime voicing anger that it no longer considers israel. حرب أكتوبر ḥarb ʾuktōbar or حرب تشرين ḥarb tišrīn also known as the 1973 arab israeli war was fought from 6 to 25 october 1973 by a coalition of arab states led by egypt. מלחמת יום הכיפורים milẖemet yom hakipurim or מלחמת יום כיפור milẖemet yom kipur. It has been 45 years since the start of the 1973 war between israel egypt and syria.
The war was initiated by egypt and syria on october 6 1973 on the jewish holy day of yom kippur and during ramadan the month of fasting in islam and it continued until october 26. The yom kippur war was fought between israel and arab countries led by egypt and syria in october 1973 inspired by arab desires to win back territories taken by israel during the 1967 six day war. The war began with attacks meant to be a total surprise to israel on the holiest day of the jewish year. Israel raised its state of military readiness but war did not come probably because syrian president hafez al assad convinced sadat to delay it until syria was better prepared to occupy the golan heights.
By repelling a division sized counterattack on october 8 and establishing bridgeheads on the east bank to a depth of around 15 kilometers the egyptians had accomplished the objectives of operation badr. The war known to israelis as the yom kippur war and to arabs as the october war ushered in a new reality. In april 1973 marwan as well as other mossad sources warned that egypt planned to attack in mid may. The yom kippur war ramadan war or october war hebrew.
Operation badr was the opening battle of the yom kippur war in the sinai and the first major arab victory against the israelis in years.