1948-1949 Arab states declare war on Israel. Israel wins. Under UN mediation armistice agreements were reached with Egypt on February 24, Lebanon on March 23, TransJordan on April 3, and Syria on July 20. The Arab states refused to acknowledge Israel as sovereign or recognize the UN demarcated truce lines continually violating them in skirmish attacks.
1949 Arab nations economically boycott Israel. Egypt blocks Israeli trade through the Suez Canal.
UN passes a resolution on September 1, 1951 demanding Egypt cease and desist in blocking Israeli trade through the Suez. The UN however chooses not to enforce it resulting in Israel remaining effectively blocked trade wise with much of the World.
1951-1955 Arab assaults against Israeli settlements kill 884 people.
Spring 1954 Jordan launches raids on Israel. Israel repels the attack.
The UN security council took up the issue but was blocked by the Soviet Union.
Early 1955, Egypt attacked Israel across the border on the Gaza Strip. Israel repels the attack.
Summer and Fall 1955, incidents along the Gaza strip continue, as well as Egyptian attacks around the El Auja DMZ patrolled by the UN. Israel repels these attacks.
December 1955, Syria begins attacking and sinking Israeli flagged vessels on the Sea of Galilee. Israel destroys the Syrian shore based artillery and missile batteries.
April 5, 1956, Egypt begins raiding across the DMZ into Israel. UN Secretary General brokers a cease fire. But by the end of the Summer, Egyptian forces were again raiding Israeli positions.
Summer 1956, Jordanian forces routinely attack Israeli settlements across their border with Israel. Israel destroys forward Jordanian military positions.
1956 Under Egyptian president Nasser, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria agree to unit their armies in a military pact whose official policy goal was publicly, the elimination of Israel. Soviet and Eastern Bloc military shipments soon flow into the three countries. Each begins massing their new armies on the borders of Israel. Egyptian fedayeen forces begin raiding Jewish settlements in the Nagev.
October 29, 1956 Israeli forces attack the Egyptian army across the Gaza strip. Israel routs the Egyptian army. and then withdraws back to its pre war borders. UN forces take over administration and finally enforce the Israeli freedom of shipping resolution.
March 30, 1958 Syrian forces attack Israeli settlers on Lake Hula, The UN intervenes in defense of Israel forcing the Syrians to withdraw.
May 26, 1958 Jordanian forces kill five Israeli policemen and the Israeli chairman of the joint Israeli-Jordanian Armistice Commission in Jerusalem.
December 3, 1958 Syria attacks seven Israeli villages with artillery across the border.
January 23, 1959 Syrian forces attack and kill Israeli civilians. The UN does nothing in response to the Israeli protest.
February 26 & March 13 1959 The UAR began stopping vessels bearing cargo meant for Israel,
and began taking such cargo as prizes of war.
February 17, 1959 Israeli forces kill two Egyptian police men as they were recrossing the border after attacking Israeli military units. The UN condemns Israel.
March 7, April 27, & July 15 Israeli forces kill Egyptian Arab infiltrators, and a successful Arab attack on September 7 against Israeli police, and again on September 20 against Israeli civilians. The UN condemns Israel.
UAR/Egyptian Mig 17 Jets attack Israeli Jets on January 8, April 28, June 7, and November 4.
February 1, 1960, Israeli forces demolish the Syrian army base at Tawafik in the DMZ after Syrian attacks across the DMZ against Israeli civilian positions. The UN condemns the Israeli retaliation.
February 4 1960, Syrian forces attack Israel across the DMZ near Shear Yashuv, Israel repels the attacks. The UN condemns the Israeli defense.
April 7 1960 UAR/Egyptian naval forces confiscate Israeli cargo on the Greek Flagged ship Astypalea. Although the UN Secretary General condemns the UAR actions, the General Assembly validates the UAR confiscation.
February 1, 1960 UAR Jets cross the Galilee DMZ and attack Israeli Jets. The UN Syrian-Israeli Armistice Commission condemns the Israeli defense of Israeli airspace.
May 26, 1960 UAR Jets cross the Sinai-Negev border and attack Israeli jets. The UN condemns Israel for the defense of Israeli airspace.
October 15 1960 UAR President Nasser declares that the UAR would never accept Israel as a sovereign nation.
1961 was a quiet year as far as UAR and Israeli relations are concerned.
March 1, 1962 Syrian artillery attack Israeli patrol boats on the Sea of Galilee. Israel protests to the UN, but the attacks continue.
March 1, 1962 Israeli forces attack the Syrian artillery emplacements at Nuqeib, destroying them and killing 30 Syrian soldiers. The UN formally rebukes Israel for violating the terms of the 1956 armistice.
Soviet shipments of missiles and jet aircraft accelerate to the UAR
March 20, 1963 Israel demands West Germany stop helping the UAR develop nuclear and chemical weapons. West Germany discovered that its scientists were helping the UAR and moved to prevent any further such aid.
August 20, 1963 Syrian forces enter Almagor and kill two Israeli farmers. Israeli fighter bombers attack Syrian units as they retreat back to the Syrian side. The UN fails to condemn Syria after the Soviet Union vetoes the measure.
August 25 & September 3, 1963 Jordanian forces bombard Israeli controlled Jerusalem with Artillery killing an Israeli farmer. Israeli forces returned fire. The UN condemned Israel for its action.
May 5, 1964 Israeli announces it would begin diverting water resources of the Jordan River after the UAR had begun damning the Jordan and diverting the river to cut off Israeli water resources.
November 13, 1964 Syrian forces attack Israeli patrol boats on the Sea of Galilee, killing 11. Israeli air forces engage Syrian forces on the ground for more than two hours. The UN brokers a cease fire and condemns Israel.
December 1, 1964 Syrian forces again use artillery to attack Israeli patrol boats on the Sea of Galilee. Israel returns artillery fire. The UN brokers another cease fire and condemns Israel.
August 12, 1965 Syrian tanks and artillery again attack Israeli forces just north of the Sea of Galilee.
October 28, 1965 Israel attacks Syrian forces in Lebanon in reprisal for the August 12 attack.
The Syrian supported group Al Fatah, operating from Jordanian bases launch 17 attacks against Israeli civilian instalations throughout the year.
May 27, 1965 Israel destroys water works in the Jordanian towns of Shuna, Jenin, and Qalqiliya as a reprisal for the Al Fatah attacks.
September 4-5, 1965 Israeli forces again attack Qalqiliya.
September to November 1965, Al Fatah conducts fifteen more attacks against civilian Israeli targets.
July 14, 1966 In response to Syria completely damning the Jordan River, and also weeks of Syrian artillery bombardment of Israel, Israeli jets bomb and destroy the Syrian damn eight miles inside Syrian territory and also down one Syrian jet.
August 15, 1966 Syrian aircraft, artillery, and machine gun emplacements attack Israeli patrol boats deep inside Israeli territorial waters on the Sea of Galilee.
October 8-9, 1966 Syria launches multiple border Attacks against Israel. Israel appeals to the UN Security Council, but no measure is considered because of Soviet veto power.
November 13, 1966, after multiple attacks by Al Fatah and Jordanian shelling of Israeli positions, Israel attacks the Jordanian town of Es Samu for four hours destroying the Syrian training camps located there and then withdraws. The UN Security Council censures Israel.
April 7, 1967 After Syrian sponsored raids across the Jordanian and Lebanon's borders against Israeli irrigation systems, Israel attacked al Fatah training camps in Syria.
May 11, 1967 Syria invoked the military pact with the UAR, and alleged that Israeli forces were massing on Syria's border. UAR forces mobilized. United Nations forces were ordered to abandon their positions in the Sinai buffer zone. Israel's Red Sea port of Elath was blockaded stopping its ability to trade with Asia and East Africa as well as shutting off its oil pipeline.
June 5, 1967 Faced with three massed armies on its borders and the failure of the UN Security Council to redeploy the Peacekeepers, Israel attacked and defeated all three Arab armies at once winning control of the Golan Heights, Old Jerusalem, West bank, Gaza Strip, and the Sinai Peninsula.
October 21, 1967, after multiple post armistice attacks by Syrian backed Al Fatah, continued Jordanian artillery shelling of Israeli positions, and the blockading of the Suez by the UAR, Egyptian naval ships used missiles to sink an Israeli destroyer in international waters off the Suez Canal.
October 24, 1967 Israel shells the UAR's main Oil refinery at the port city of Suez, destroying 80% of its capacity.
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