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Military hostilities broke out amid poor relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours, who had been observing the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]] signed at the end of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|First Arab–Israeli War]]. Earlier, in 1956, regional tensions over the [[Straits of Tiran]] (giving access to [[Eilat]], a port on the southeast tip of Israel) escalated in what became known as the [[Suez Crisis]], when Israel invaded Egypt over the [[Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran|Egyptian closure of maritime passageways to Israeli shipping]], ultimately resulting in the re-opening of the Straits of Tiran to Israel as well as the deployment of the [[United Nations Emergency Force]] (UNEF) along the [[Borders of Israel#Border with Egypt|Egypt–Israel border]].<ref name="Rikhye2013">{{Cite book |author=Major General Indar Jit Rikhye |title=The Sinai Blunder: Withdrawal of the United Nations Emergency Force Leading.... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=teHWAQAAQBAJ&pg=PR8 |date=28 October 2013 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=978-1-136-27985-0 |pages=8– }}</ref> In the months prior to the outbreak of the Six-Day War in June 1967, [[Origins of the Six-Day War|tensions again became dangerously heightened]]: Israel reiterated its post-1956 position that another Egyptian closure of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping would be a definite ''[[casus belli]]''. In May 1967, Egyptian president [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] announced that the Straits of Tiran would again be closed to Israeli vessels. He subsequently mobilized the Egyptian military into defensive lines along the border with Israel{{Sfnp|Quigley|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=0zEi3qGWLFIC&pg=PA32 32]}} and ordered the immediate withdrawal of all UNEF personnel.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mendoza |first1=Terry |last2=Hart |first2=Rona |last3=Herlitz |first3=Lewis |last4=Stone |first4=John |last5=Oboler |first5=Andre |year=2007 |title=Six Day War Comprehensive Timeline |url=http://www.sixdaywar.co.uk/timeline.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518044748/http://www.sixdaywar.co.uk/timeline.htm |archive-date=18 May 2007 |access-date=22 January 2021 |website=sixdaywar |postscript=. 2nd-5th author details from Six Day War, 40th anniversary, June 1, 2007, at oboler.com/six-day-war-40th-anniversary/}}</ref><ref name=":0" />