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Straits of Tiran Access Restored

Israel · Warfare / Suez War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1956

David Ben-Gurion5 November 1956

Jerusalem · Warfare / Suez War

Ben-Gurion hails the capture of Sharm el-Sheikh as restoring Israeli access through the Straits of Tiran.

Names involved

David Ben-Gurion

Provenance

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