Israel says 132 are still being held. Mr Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas and return the hostages to Israel. On Monday he told a meeting of his Likud party that troops he met on his visit to

The Six-Day War, fought in 1967, remains one of the most significant and transformative events in Middle Eastern history. Over the course of just six days, Israel and a coalition of Arab nations, including Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, clashed in a series of intense battles that would drastically alter the geopolitical landscape of the region.

Capture of Jerusalem's Old City was not even a passing thought when the Six Day War began, but within 48 hours the Israeli flag was flying over its ramparts. It was an unintended conquest whose

Six memorable days, known to Israelis as the Six-Day War and to Arabs and others as the 1967 War, redrew the region's landscape in fundamental ways. In those six days, Israel defeated three Arab armies, gained territory four times its original size, and became the preeminent military power in the region. Each crew had been assigned battle sectors, rendezvous points and objectives. Israeli Intelligence had tracked the Arab enemy to the last desert dune. The system worked so well that Israel was The Blockade. On May 23 Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to all Israeli shipping and all ships bound for Eilat.This blockade cut off Israel's only supply route with Asia and stopped the flow of oil from its main supplier, Iran.. In 1956, the United States gave Israel assurances that it recognized the Jewish State's right of access to the Straits of Tiran. On June 5, the Six-Day War began with an Israeli assault against Arab air power. In a brilliant attack, the Israeli air force caught the formidable Egyptian air force on the ground and .