Within three days of the Six-Day War's start, Israeli forces captured the Gaza Strip and the entire Sinai Peninsula up to the eastern bank of the Suez Canal.
Notes on verification
Matches Britannica and U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command wording nearly verbatim; corroborated by contemporaneous 1967 news reporting and Wikipedia. Minor phrasing variation ('most of' vs 'all of' Sinai) but overall claim well supported by multiple independent sources. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable] [kind-backfill 2026-09-15: kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Six-Day War | Definition, Causes, History, Summary, Outcomes ... (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/middle-east/six-day-war-liberty.html (corroboration)
- https://www.jta.org/archive/israel-captures-sharm-el-sheikh-jericho-bethlehem-army-reaches-suez-canal (corroboration)