Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran
1967 · Event
Nasser shuts Israel's only Red Sea shipping lane — a step Israel has said for a decade means war — and the Arab capitals erupt in celebration as Jordan and Iraq join Egypt's military pact. Israel's cabinet, its economy paralysed by full mobilisation, concludes it must strike first or be strangled.
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