Following the 1956 Suez Crisis and Israel’s invasion ... starting the Six-Day War. After the war, Israel gained territorial control over the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip from Egypt ...
Such was the case in the 1956 100-hour Sinai Campaign, during which Israel lost 231 soldiers. So, too, was the case in the Six-Day War, where Israel lost 796 defenders. This war has far outlasted ...