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The opening as it read in 2015
Operation Dawn was an Egyptian military operation planned to strike the Israeli Air Force , in the prelude to what would become the Six-Day War . The Egyptian attack plan would involve strategic bombing of major ports, the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona , airfields and cities. Arab armies would then attack, effectively cutting Israel in half with an armoured thrust from northern Sinai via the Negev desert . Nasser had provoked Israel when he closed the Straits of Tiran . He was intent on getting revenge for previous military defeats. The army had been mobilized in the Sinai desert, and was poised to launch what he called "the operation that will surprise the world". The operation was set to take place on May 27th, 1967. Abdel Hakim Amer , an Egyptian general, planned the operation. According to Michael Oren , Operation Dawn was called off after Nasser was informed by Russia that the US was aware of the plan. Israel sent urgent messages to the United States on May 25th, 1967, saying an Egyptian attack on Israel was imminent. The White House ordered an intelligence assessment, which found the Israeli claims unfounded. According to John Quigley , there is thin evidence that there was any Egyptian plan to attack Israel that would actually have been carried out.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Operation Dawn was an Egyptian military operation planned to strike the Israeli Air Force , in the prelude to what would become the Six-Day War . The Egyptian attack plan would involve strategic bombing of major ports, the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona , airfields and cities. Arab armies would then attack, effectively cutting Israel in half with an armored thrust from northern Sinai via the Negev desert . Nasser had provoked Israel when he closed the Straits of Tiran . He was intent on getting revenge for previous military defeats. The army had been mobilized in the Sinai, and was poised to launch what he called "the operation that will surprise the world." The operation was set to take place on May 27, 1967. Abdel Hakim Amer , an Egyptian general planned the operation. Operation Dawn was called off after Nasser was informed by Russia that the US was aware of the plan. Israel was then able to give the first strike. This is detailed in the article about the Six Day War .
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The opening as it stood in 2020 9 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Operation Dawn , code-name Fajr (الفجر) in Arabic , was an Egyptian military operation planned to strike the Israeli Air Force , in the prelude to what would become the Six-Day War .The Egyptian attack plan was to also involve strategic bombing of major ports, the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona , airfields and cities. Arab armies would then attack, effectively cutting Israel in half with an armoured thrust from northern Sinai via the Negev desert .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Egyptian military operation planned to strike the Israeli Air Force Operation Dawn , code-name Fajr (الفجر) in Arabic , was a rejected Egyptian military proposal planned by General Abdel Hakim Amer , as tension built between Israel and Egypt ahead of what was to become the Six Day War .It was not approved by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser , who was committed to not attacking Israel, unless Israel attacked first. Amer’s proposal was to strike the Israeli Air Force , in the prelude to what would become the Six-Day War . The Egyptian attack plan was to also involve strategic bombing of major ports, the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona , airfields and cities. Arab armies would then attack, effectively cutting Israel in half with an armoured thrust from northern Sinai via the Negev desert .
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egyptian military operation planned to strike the israeli air force
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rejected egyptian military proposal planned by general abdel hakim amer
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