1. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt; [syn: Arab-Israeli War, Yom Kippur War]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Yom Kippur War
n 1: Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom
Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back
and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt [syn: Arab-Israeli
War, Yom Kippur War]