What is War of Attrition?
{{confuse|Attrition warfare}} [[File:Suez canal map.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Israeli–Egyptian war of Attrition was centered largely on the Suez Canal]] The '''War of Attrition (1967–1970)''' was a war between [[Egypt]] and [[Israel]].<ref name=KhalidiIPS>{{cite web |url=http://www.palestine-studies.org/jps/fulltext/38277 |title=The War of Attrition |author=Ahmed S. Khalidi |publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies |access-date=6 August 2016}}</ref> It ran from March 1969 to 7th August 1970 when the [[ceasefire]] was [[wikt:restore|restore]]d.<ref name=KhalidiIPS/> It followed the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, when Israel won a [[victory]] and [[wikt:capture|capture]]d the [[Golan Heights]], [[Gaza Strip]] and the [[West Bank]].<ref name=FitzgeraldFT>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefinertimes.com/War-in-The-Middle-East/war-of-attrition.html |title=The War of Attrition |author=Peter Fitzgerald |publisher=The Finer Times |access-date=6 August 2016}}</ref> == Objectives == Both sides used [[attrition warfare]] in an attempt to weaken the other.<ref name=ProCon>{{cite web |url=http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000441 |title=What Was the War of Attrition (Mar. 1969 -- Aug. 1970)? |publisher=ProCon.org |access-date=6 August 2016 |archive-date=28 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828004024/http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000441 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Both Egypt and Israel thought that by wearing down the other they would gain an advantage in later [[negotiation]]s.<ref name=ProCon/> Egypt wanted its territory back from Israel. The leader of Egypt, [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]], thought that by waging a low-grade war against Israel, he would [[wikt:exhaust|exhaust]] their [[wikt:resource|resource]]s and get them to give up the territory.<ref name=ProCon/> Israel wanted to secure its hold on the Sinai and [[Annexation|annex]] it to Israel.<ref name=ProCon/> == Outcome == In the end, neither side [[wikt:achieve|achieve]]d their [[wikt:goal|goal