User:Duke of Somewhere/Israel in Yom Kippur war

The Yom Kippur war is the third Israeli war after the independency war. Unlike the Suez crisis and the Six Day war, when israel started the war, In the Yom Kippur war israel was attacked surprisingly and at the same time in two fronts. During the first levels of the war the hand of the attackers was on top, in the south front the Egyptian army crossed the Suez canal and in the north front, the Syrian army penetrated deep into the Golan Heights. The Casualties were big and the moral effects on the Israeli citizens were tough.