<Li> USS Liberty incident </Li> <Ul> <Li> Focus </Li> <Li> Tel Faher </Li> </Ul> <P> The Six - Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים, Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim; Arabic: النكسة, an - Naksah, "The Setback" or حرب ۱۹٦۷, Ḥarb 1967, "War of 1967"), also known as the June War, 1967 Arab--Israeli War, or Third Arab--Israeli War, was fought between 5 and 10 June 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known at the time as the United Arab Republic), Jordan, and Syria . </P> <P> Relations between Israel and its neighbours had never fully normalised following the 1948 Arab--Israeli War . In 1956 Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai, with one of its objectives being the reopening of the Straits of Tiran which Egypt had blocked to Israeli shipping since 1950 . Israel was subsequently forced to withdraw, but won a guarantee that the Straits of Tiran would remain open . While the United Nations Emergency Force was deployed along the border, there was no demilitarisation agreement . </P>

When did the six day war begin and end