In just six days the state of Israel shocked the world as it fought against
5 surrounding nations to not only defeat their enemy but gain a stronghold on the entire region.
From June 5th until June 10th 1967, Israel fought against the surrounding and regional
nations of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon in what became a watershed moment
for the recently formed nation.
What followed was nothing short of miraculous, as events swung heavily in favour of the tiny
nation of Israel.
In the weeks before war broke out the mood of the Israelis was foreboding and in the
words of David Rubinger, a photographer during the conflict,
The Israelis were heavily outnumbered and outgunned by the Arab nations, who had
over half a million troops, almost a thousand combat aircraft and over 2,500 tanks compared
to Israel’s army which consisted of 300 aircraft, 800 tanks and a quarter million troops.
However, a monumental amount of preparation was made by the Israeli Defense Force
Military procedures were finessed and calculations were made, years in advance, to determine
how many fighter jets Israel could have in the air at any one moment.
The process of landing, refueling, rearming and returning to the air was minimized.
The Israeli air force could turn a jet around in eight minutes and complete this procedure
for all its aircraft up to eight times a day.
The events began with Operation Focus, a pre-emptive strike carried out by the Israeli air force
as they bombed the Egyptian airbases.
Egypt transmitted false reports to surrounding Arab nations, claiming to have been successful
in the conflict which opened up the conflict to the surrounding nations.
This led to Syria, Jordan and Iraq initiating strikes against Israel.
Israel’s preparations paid off and by the end of the first day of the conflict Israel
had achieved air superiority.
Over the next five days the IDF went on the offensive on three fronts,
advancing into the Gaza strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank
(including East Jerusalem) and the Golan Heights.
Casualties for the Arab nations were very heavy and extreme for such a short period of time.
Over 20,000 Arab soldiers were killed or missing compared to less than 1,000 Israeli soldiers.
A number of reports from the conflict recorded how Arab civilians and local militia confused
the Israeli forces with those of Iraq.
Colonel Uri Banari gave an account of this when they captured the West Bank town of Shechem:
Other eye witness accounts speak of panic stricken Syrian troops who became paralysed
and were unable to return fire, unexploded shells that landed atop a munitions vehicle
and the inexplicable lack of response from Egyptian and other Arab forces when fighting
first broke out.
In just six days Israel had achieved victory over insurmountable odds and had tripled the
area of land under Israeli control.
Including the religious sites of east Jerusalem
According to biblical prophecy, the Jews-who were largely removed from the land of Israel
for the past two millennia-would once again inhabit Jerusalem.
The scriptures which predicted this were written roughly 2,500 years ago.
Yet we find ourselves today with a bitter Jewish/Palestinian conflict, which prior to
these mid-twentieth century events, would have been unbelievable.
If a text from 2,500 years ago could accurately prophecy who would control Jerusalem, perhaps
we should consider what this text also states:
With a current population around 900,000 the Jewish population in Jerusalem, according
to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, is just over half a million.
Which half of the city will go into captivity and what other events will occur around this time?
For more information you can read or request a print copy of our free booklet titled
“The Middle East in Prophecy”.