1. Israel captured the Golan from Syria during the Six Day War in 1967 and annexed it in 1981.

2. There were two major wars: the Six Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

3. The third Middle East War (1967): also known as the "Six Day War, " said the Arab countries, "June war, " said Israel, "a six-day war.

4. After the Six Day War, sporadic fighting continued between Israel and the Arab States.

5. The densely populated sliver of Mediterranean coast which Israel seized from Egypt in the Six Day War of 1967.

6. The aerial raids aimed at Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets are being called the most potent Israeli assault in Palestinian-populated territory since the 1967 Six Day War.

7. The West Bank and Gaza Strip, seized from Jordan and Egypt respectively in the Six Day War of 1967.

8. They are nearly40 miles south of the Sea of Galilee, under the precarious ruins of abridge that was bombed during the Six Day War of June 1967.

9. In recent years, the Palestinians twice refused generous offers by Israeli Prime Ministers, to establish a Palestinian state on virtually all the territory won by Israel in the Six Day War.