Operation Focus

When

5 Jun 1967

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

29.50° N, 34.00° E

Description

airstrike by Israel at the start of the Six-Day War in 1967

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Airstrike by Israel at the start of the Six-Day War in 1967

Operation Focus was the opening airstrike by Israel at the start of the Six-Day War in 1967. It is sometimes referred to as the "Sinai Air Strike". At 07:45 on 5 June 1967, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) under Maj. Gen. Mordechai Hod launched a massive airstrike that destroyed the majority of the Egyptian Air Force on the ground.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Начало Шестидневной войны”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page