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PHOTO GALLERY: 6th of October War Panorama in Cairo




A boy takes pictures with a phone of a recreated war scene while visiting the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

A boy takes pictures with a phone of a recreated war scene while visiting the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

An Egyptian military SAM-6 surface-to-air missile battery used during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war is displayed outside the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

An Egyptian military SAM-6 surface-to-air missile battery used during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war is displayed outside the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

A fragment of an Israeli Air Force F-4 Phantom II fighter bomber aircraft downed during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war is displayed with other military set pieces in the open-air gallery outside the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

Youths attend a short documentary feature showing archival clips from the 1973 Arab-Israeli war while visiting the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

Youths attend a short documentary feature on the 1973 Arab-Israeli war while visiting the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

An Egyptian Air Force MiG-21 supersonic fighter interceptor aircraft used during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war is displayed outside the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

An Israeli M48 Patton battle tank captured during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war is displayed outside the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

A surface-to-air missile (SAM) battery, anti-aircraft guns, and artillery guns are displayed in the open-air gallery outside the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial for the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP

A boy takes pictures with a phone of a recreated war scene while visiting the 6th of October War Panorama museum and memorial of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Cairo on October 1, 2023. On October 6, 1973, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, an Arab military coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous surprise attack in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab Israeli War. This war provoked the oil shock of 1973 and led to the opening of peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt, concluded by the Camp David agreement in 1978. AFP