Claim: Who struck first: the war-by-war list
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
1956 Israel. 1967 Israel, after Egypt announced Tiran closed. 1973 Egypt and Syria. Each side has its firsts.
SOURCE
US State Dept Historian: Suez 1956, 1967, 1973; Wikipedia Six-Day War (T4)
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