arab-israeli war

Noun arab-israeli war has 2 senses

• arab-israeli war(n = noun.act) yom kippur war - Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt;
is a kind of war, warfare

• arab-israeli war(n = noun.act) six day war, six-day war - tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East;
is a kind of war, warfare