6 Day War

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Israeli troops and military vehicles maneuvered on the outskirts of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, during the Arab-Israeli war on June 5, 1967.

Egyptian fighter jets after being destroyed by Israel's air force.

A convoy of Israeli tanks rolling through the Sinai Peninsula.

Israeli troops leading away an Egyptian soldier who surrendered near Rafah in the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli soldier guarded Egyptian prisoners who were found outside the town of El Arish, south of the Gaza Strip.

Col. Motta Gur and his brigade observed the old city of Jerusalem, home to the Dome of the Rock, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, Islam's third-holiest site, known to

Jews as the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.

Israeli paratroopers standing in front of the western wall in Jerusalem's Old City after it was captured during the hostilities.

On the 40th Anniversary of Jerusalem unification

Ariel Sharon, then a major general in the Israeli Army, watches an aerial drop in the Sinai Peninsula.

Military vehicles destroyed by Israel's air force gathered near the Mitla Pass in the Sinai Peninsula.

Israeli soldiers celebrated during the end of the conflict, which lasted just six days.