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ALL FACT CHECKS
TOPIC · 6 FACT CHECKS
1967 and 1973: who started the wars, and did Israel ever start one?
CONTEXT
1948: fighting first, then Arab armies
TRUE
1956: Israel attacked Egypt, with Britain and France
TRUE
1967: the crisis, in dates
TRUE
1982: Israel invaded Lebanon, 6 June
CONTEXT
US doubted an Egyptian attack was coming
CONTEXT
Who struck first: the war-by-war list