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United Nations Emergency Force

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UNEF Yugoslav soldiers in Sinai in 1957 The first United Nations Emergency Force ( UNEF ) was established by United Nations General Assembly to secure an end to the Suez Crisis with resolution 1001 (ES-I) on November 7, 1956. The force was developed in large measure as a result of efforts by UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and a Nobel Peace Prize-winning (1957) proposal and effort from Canadian Minister of External Affairs Lester B. Pearson. The General Assembly had approved a plan [1] submitted by the Secretary-General which envisaged the deployment of UNEF on both sides of the armistice line. The Second United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II) deployed from October 1973 to July 1979. [2] Contents 1 History 1.1 UNEF I 1.2 UNEF II 1.3 Strength 2 Force Commanders 2.1 UNEF I 2.2 UNEF II 3 Contributing countries 3.1 UNEF II 4 Buffalo 461 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links 9 Further readin

Six-Day War

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This article is about the Arab–Israeli war in 1967. For the Rwandan–Ugandan conflict around Kisangani, see Six-Day War (2000). For the insurgency in the New Territories, Hong Kong, see Six-Day War (1899). Six-Day War Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict Territory held by Israel before and after the Six-Day War. The Straits of Tiran are circled, between the Gulf of Aqaba to the north and the Red Sea to the south. Date 5–10 June 1967 (6 days) Location Middle East Result Israeli victory Territorial changes Israel captures the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria Belligerents   Israel Egypt   Syria   Jordan Iraq [1] Supported by: PLO [ citation needed ]   Lebanon [2] Commanders and leaders Levi Eshkol Moshe Dayan Yitzhak Rabin Uzi Narkiss Motta Gur Israel Tal Mordechai Hod Yeshayahu Gavish Ariel Sharon Ezer Weizman Shlomo Erell