The following was reported on the BBC News on June 5, 1967 [excerpted]:
...The attack follows a build-up of Arab military forces along the Israeli border.
The Arab states had been preparing to go to war against Israel with Egypt, Jordan and Syria being aided by Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Algeria.
On 27 May the President of Egypt, Abdel Nasser, declared:
"Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight."
BBC ON THIS DAY | Front Page
...The attack follows a build-up of Arab military forces along the Israeli border.
The Arab states had been preparing to go to war against Israel with Egypt, Jordan and Syria being aided by Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Algeria.
On 27 May the President of Egypt, Abdel Nasser, declared:
"Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight."
BBC ON THIS DAY | Front Page