The earlier attack — which launched Arab-Israeli War, also called the Yom Kippur War — was led by Egyptian and Syrian forces.

The earlier attack — which launched Arab-Israeli War, also called the Yom Kippur War — was led by Egyptian and Syrian forces.

The current war sparked by attacks by Hamas started one day after the 50th anniversary of the start of Israel's Yom Kippur war.

The Yom Kippur War, Explained: In 1973, a coalition of Arab states led by Syria and Egypt initiated coordinated attacks in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights against Israel. On Yom Kippur ...

The violence that rocked Israel this fall reminded many of events 27 years ago, when Egypt and Syria caught Israel unprepared in an attack on the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. An estimated ...

This month is the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War—a coordinated, surprise attack by Egypt and Syria on Israel on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The war lasted 18 days ...

But this is too simple by far. In fact, the origins of the 1973 Yom Kippur War can be traced back to Israel’s re-creation in 1948.

On Oct. 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur. This conflict, which would last 19 days, would become known as the Yom Kippur War.

Less than a decade after the Yom Kippur War, Israel suffered intelligence surprises after misjudging the military capacity and political coherence of Lebanon’s Shia minority.

This year marks the first time Israel has been in a state of active war on Yom Kippur since 1973, when it suffered a surprise attack on the Holy Day by the armies of Egypt and Syria.

The Yom Kippur War demonstrated that even when disadvantaged by a surprise attack, we could not be dislodged from Israel.

Because it was Yom Kippur—the holiest of Jewish holidays—and Israeli intelligence assessments had cast doubt on Egypt’s intentions to go to war, Israel’s forces in the area were thin.