Nasser asks the UN on May 16…
May 1967 CE
Once the UNEF is withdrawn, Nasser will declare he is closing the Strait of Tiran, which connects the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, to Israeli shipping—a threat he will never carry out.
Israel, for its part, regards the withdrawal of the UNEF troops as a hostile act and the closing of the strait as a casus belli.
Meanwhile, Jordan and Iraq sign defense agreements with Egypt.
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