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Summary:Soon after fighting started on June 5, Israel claimed to have destroyed most of the air forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria on the ground. The outbreak of the war ended a flash-point crisis in which President Nasser demanded the withdrawal of the United Nations Emergency Force from the Egypt-Israel border and closed the Tiran Straits to Israeli shipping.
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