strategic point
Treasure land of resources
Historical reasons
Religious conflict
Countries in other areas here have complicated their relations for their own interests (mainly oil).
The outbreak of the Middle East war has a profound international background. On the surface, the Middle East war is a struggle between Israel and Arab countries, but in fact it is an indirect contest between two superpowers.
Brief introduction of five wars in the Middle East
The first Middle East War was also called the Palestinian War. 1948 may 14, the day after the Jews announced the establishment of the state of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and other Arab countries jointly dispatched 40,000 troops to attack Israel. In July, June and February of the same year, Israel dispatched 654.38+10,000 people to launch counterattacks and attacks. Albania was defeated because of internal contradictions and lack of unified command. About 15000 people died in the Afghan army and 6000 people died in the Israeli army. 1949 from February to July, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria signed armistice agreements with Israel respectively. With the exception of Gaza and parts of the West Bank, Palestine was occupied by Israeli troops, and nearly1100,000 Palestinian Arabs became refugees.
The Second Middle East War is also called the invasion of Egypt or Suez Canal by Britain and France. 1956, 10/0 On October 20th, Israel attacked Egypt and invaded Sinai Peninsula on the pretext that Egypt announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal. 65438+1October 3 1, Britain and France jointly sent troops to intervene. 1October 5, 165438, they parachuted and landed near Port Said and Port Fuad. With the resistance of Egyptian soldiers and civilians and the solidarity of people all over the world, Britain and France were forced to leave Gaza and Sinai Peninsula on1October 7 165438 and were evacuated by the United Nations.
The third Middle East War is also called the sixth five-year plan war. With the intensification of the conflict between Arab countries and Israel and the contention between the United States and the Soviet Union for the Middle East, with the support of the United States, Israel blocked the Gulf of Aqaba under the pretext of Egypt (then the name of the United Arab League) and launched a surprise attack on Arab countries on June 5 1967. By June of 10, it occupied Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, West Bank and Syrian Golan Heights successively. Jordan, Egypt and Syria were forced to agree to a ceasefire. As a result,100000 Palestinian Arabs were expelled from their homes.
The fourth Middle East War is also called the October War. In order to recover the occupied land and get rid of the situation of no war and no peace caused by the United States and Britain, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel on June 6, 1973. When the war began, Israel suffered heavy losses. After that, he quickly mobilized and adopted the operational policy of "north first and west later", which quickly reversed the passive situation. By June 24th, 2000, the two sides stopped fighting in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution. In this campaign, Albania dispatched 4 100 tanks, 0/040 combat planes and 0/40 ships, with 520,000-540,000 men. Loss of 2200 tanks, 450 combat aircraft, ships 10, 8500 casualties. Israel dispatched 65,438+0,700 tanks, 360 fighter planes and 40 ships. 850 tanks, combat aircraft 1 10 and warships 1 ship were lost, with about 2,800 casualties.
The Fifth Middle East War1June 6, 982, with the support and connivance of the United States, Israel brazenly dispatched more than 65,438+people by land, sea and air to launch a large-scale attack on the Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas and the Syrian army in Lebanon on the pretext that its ambassador to Britain was assassinated by Palestinian guerrillas. It took only a few days to occupy half of Lebanon. This is the fifth Middle East war in history. The famous air combat in Bekaa Valley happened in this war. Israel invaded Lebanon, causing more than 3,000 casualties of the PLO guerrillas, 100 tanks and 500 artillery pieces were destroyed, all the guerrillas in southern Lebanon were wiped out, and more than 400 secret arsenals were occupied. The Syrian army suffered more than 65,438+0,000 casualties, and more than 400 tanks and 85 planes were destroyed.
It is worth noting that Israel actually has nuclear weapons. It is said that in the Fourth Middle East War, Israel had installed nuclear warheads with missiles. It's ready to launch. Soviet spy satellites discovered the Israeli army's attempt and promptly informed Egypt and Syria that the two countries stopped further military fighting. This should be the greatest progress for mankind to get rid of nuclear war.