Yom Kippur War

noun

1. a war that began on Yom Kippur in 1973 with the attack of Israel by Egypt, Syria, and Iraq: Israel recovered most of its initial losses.

Yom Kippur War

noun

1. a war in which Egypt and Syria launched a joint surprise attack on Israel on the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur (Oct 6, 1973). It ended with a ceasefire (Oct 25, 1973), Syrian forces having been repulsed, Egypt having reoccupied a belt of the Sinai desert on the E bank of the Suez Canal, and Israel having established a salient on the W bank of the Suez Canal

Example Sentences

The 1973 Arab-Israeli War is also known as the Yom Kippur War and the October War, among other names.

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He called on “all sides” to uphold a disengagement agreement between Israel and Syria that followed the 1973 Yom Kippur War and that the U.N. says Israel is now violating.

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Richardson’s decision was made all the more consequential given Nixon’s alleged claim that the attorney general’s action was undermining presidential authority during a national crisis — the critical state of the Yom Kippur War.

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Biden has visited Israel 10 times, first as a senator in 1973, before the Yom Kippur War involving Israel, Egypt and Syria.

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There is the spectre of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 which saw oil producing countries, led by Saudi Arabia, refusing to supply countries which supported Israel.

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