<P> The Yom Kippur War , Ramadan War , or October War ( Hebrew : מלחמת יום הכיפורים ‎ ‎ , Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim , or מלחמת יום כיפור , Milẖemet Yom Kipur ; Arabic : حرب أكتوبر ‎ ‎ , Ḥarb ʾUktōbar , or حرب تشرين , Ḥarb Tišrīn ) , also known as the 1973 Arab -- Israeli War , was a war fought by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel from October 6 to 25 , 1973 . The fighting mostly took place in the Sinai and the Golan Heights , territories that had been occupied by Israel since the Six - Day War of 1967 . Egyptian President Anwar Sadat wanted also to reopen the Suez Canal . Neither specifically planned to destroy Israel , although the Israeli leaders could not be sure of that . </P>
<P> The Yom Kippur War , Ramadan War , or October War ( Hebrew : מלחמת יום הכיפורים ‎ ‎ , Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim , or מלחמת יום כיפור , Milẖemet Yom Kipur ; Arabic : حرب أكتوبر ‎ ‎ , Ḥarb ʾUktōbar , or حرب تشرين , Ḥarb Tišrīn ) , also known as the 1973 Arab -- Israeli War , was a war fought by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel from October 6 to 25 , 1973 . The fighting mostly took place in the Sinai and the Golan Heights , territories that had been occupied by Israel since the Six - Day War of 1967 . Egyptian President Anwar Sadat wanted also to reopen the Suez Canal . Neither specifically planned to destroy Israel , although the Israeli leaders could not be sure of that . </P>
who was involved in the yom kippur war
who was involved in the yom kippur war
a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel
a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel