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Very important

singular : everybody/ someone / each / anyone/ either/ neither


much/ little/ one/ the number

plural : few/ many/several / a few / both/a number

they depend: all/ some/ any/ a lot of/ more /most ----next noun

singular

Today 6th of October, everyone in the Arab world, and


especially in Egypt, is/was/were/had been very
proud of themselves/ himself or herself/ itself/
themselves/ourselves/yourselves.

In 1973 October 6th 49 years ago/ In 1973 October 6th,


make pronoun clear

it/Israel/this/they got shocked by a well-organized


Egyptian-Syrian military attack that puzzled Israels society/
Israel's society/ Israels' society.
On Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the
holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the Egyptian soldiers
surprise/surprising/surprised the Israeli forces

by this attacks' timing/ attacks timing/ attack's timing


during the 1973 holy month of Ramadan.

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Backed by its powerful air forces, spectacular advances into


the territory were made by Egypt./ the territory was
advanced into by Egypt./Egypt made spectacular advances
into the territory. The crossing was daring and novel as the
Egyptian forces destroyed a giant defensive sand berm, the
Bar-Lev line, using high-pressure water hoses. The 100-
kilometer line was built by Israel on the eastern side of the
Suez Canal after the 1967 war and prevented/ prevents/
preventing/has prevented/ had prevented Egyptian tanks
from entering Israeli-occupied Sinai for six years. Despite
its/it's/its'/their/there/they're nuclear weapons, advanced
Israel was defeated by the Egyptian heroes.
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The Arabs fought united and bravely during the October
war and proved its/it's/its'/their/there/they're genuine ties
together. At least nine Arab states actively aided the
Egyptian-Syrian war effort. Iraq transferred
its/it's/its'/their/there/they're Hunter jets to Egypt a few
days before the war starting / started /start/ and during the
war some 18,000 Iraqi men and several hundred tanks were
deployed in the central Golan and participated in the
attacks against Israeli positions. Moreover, Iraqi jet fighters
began operating with its/it's/its'/their/there/they're full
weapons over the Golan Heights in the third day of the war.
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait committed their army men to
battle and Libya sent Mirage fighters to Egypt. In addition,
Algeria sent three of its aircraft squadrons of fighters and
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bombers, an armored brigade and 150 tanks.
Approximately 1,000–2,000 of Tunis/ Tunis'/Tunis's
soldiers were positioned in the Nile Delta. 3,500 of theYounes' car
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Sudan / Sudans / Sudans' /Sudan's troops were stationed


in southern Egypt, and Morocco sent three of
its/it's/its'/their/there/they're brigades to the front lines,
including 2,500 men to Syria. Lebanese radar units were
used by Syrian air defense forces. All those countries
support/ countries's support/ countries' support/ country's
support was the core in Egypts victory /Egypt's victory/
Egypts' victory over Israel.
incompete : xxx
complete : prepositional phrase ,
complete ; complete ----the 2 sentences related
A side of the 6th October war; the October/ A side of the
6th October war: the October/A side of the 6th October
wordy
war, the October victory came at a time when/when/at a
time/during Arabs were feeling hopeless ,and ashamed/
hopeless; and ashamed hopeless and ashamed by their
defeat in 1967. It also drew up the Arab strategy for
revenge. During the six years between the 1967 defeat and
the 1973 victory; / During the six years between the 1967
prepositional phrase,
defeat and the 1973 victory– / During the six years
between the 1967 defeat and the 1973 victory, Egypt
reassessed its security situation, reorganized the armed
forces, and planning ahead/ planned ahead / plan ahead
for the future in coordination by / in coordination of /in
coordination with other Arab countries. This plan was not
without a cost, the Egyptian people had to bear the burden
of its implementation./ This plan was not without a cost:
the Egyptian people had to bear the burden of its explanation

implementation./ This plan was not without a cost the


run on
Egyptian people had to bear the burden of its
implementation. It involved establishing a war economy,
with 50 percent of the public budget dedicated to rebuilding
the country’s armed forces ,but Egyptians were ready/ but
Egyptians were ready /;but Egyptians were ready to
complete : explanation
complete : listing
complete : complete
complete : identification such as: : including xxx
:such as including : xxx
sacrifice everything, including/ everything: including/
everything, including, their souls to regain their sovereignty
and dignity. Despite all the sacrifices, / Despite all the
sacrifices–/ Despite all the sacrifices and the loss of
thousands of lives from the Arab side during the October
War; also called / War– also called /War, also called the
Ramadan War or the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, they
succeeded in / succeeded at /succeeded of embodying the
military option as an another chapter of the Arab-Israeli
conflict, Egypt / conflict. Egypt /conflict Egypt regained
it/its/their/its'/it's pivotal and central role in the Arab
region and the Arabs regained / , and the Arabs regained /–
and the Arabs regained their confidence and freed 6:10
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themselves from the despair of the disastrous defeat in 1967.
The war also drew both the United Stated or the Soviet
Union / and the Soviet Union /nor the Soviet Union into
supporters paths
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indirect confrontation to defend their alleles/allies/alleys
and forced Israel to negotiate on terms more favorable with
quite very / quiet calm

/ favorable by /favorable to the Arab countries. The 19-day


conflict finally led/ lead/ lid/ to the singing/ sinning/
signing of the Camp David Accords in March 26, 1979, the
return of Sinai to Egypt which/– which/ , which had lost
control of the region in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and a
lasting peace between Israel or/and/nor Egypt. Egypt
gained back all of their/its/ it's territories and had/ ,and
had/ , and it had/ the write/rite/right to develop Sinai
break to pray

shorter is better ceremony


projects ,and the Egyptians/ –and the Egyptians/ ; and the
Egyptians started enjoying the beautiful areas in Sinai. The
6th of October victory has been traditionally regarded as a
national victory and a day of significance/a significant
day/a significant and important day for Egypt and all Arabs
as they were/ because they were/; they were/ , for they
were/ since they were/ : they were able for the first time to
destroy the legend of the invincible Israeli army and
redeeming / and to redeem/ and redeemed themselves after
a series of defeats, including in 1948 and 1967, when Israeli
attacked the Arab lands and occupied Palestine, parts of
Syria , and parts of / and parts of/ – and parts of the
Egyptian territory. It shattered the perceptions of the Israeli
decision making elite regarding their neighbors capabilities
; and led to/, and led to/and led to question of how to best
guarantee the long term security of Israel. Egypt regained its
territory, and more importantly/ more importantly– /more
importantly, its pride as the largest Arab country. The
Israeli defeat was not just a defeat in battle and a defeat /
but a defeat /or a defeat in the face of the biggest threat to /
threat for /threat by its existence, during that time, /during
that time/, during that time/; during that time, Israel feared
for the fate of its people and its own existence as a state.
prepositional phrase,
In previous wars/ In previous wars, / In previous wars–
the Israeli government organized grand military shows
during the Independence Day to showcase the scraps of the
enemy’s armor. As a result, /On the contrary,/For
example, In fact, a large exhibition was held in Cairo two
months after the war in 1973 to showcase / in 1973, to
showcase /in 1973: to showcase the Israeli weapons that
were seized during the October war. He added that the
Israelis confidence / Israeli's confidence /Israelis'
confidence in their permanent superiority came to an end in
this war, and the lost trust in their leadership took its place.
This is the most dangerous thing that could happen in any
country, especially Israel. This weakness was reflected in
two contradictory ways that led to the very dangerous
polarization of Israel. On one hand, there were those who
have begun to doubt the future of Israel; also,/as a result,
/on the other hand, extremists
began/begun/begin/beginning to be more visible in the
Israeli streets. In 1973, the Commander of the Israeli Air
Force , General Aluf Eliezer Shkedi,/ General Aluf
Eliezer Shkedi/ General Aluf Eliezer Shkedi,/ said that the
October war war different from / different than /different in
those of all the wars that /all the other wars that/ that of
Israel fought against the Arabs.

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"
In the previous wars, we had the initiative but in this war
we were unprepared, and the Arabs took the initiative to
attack us. We were surprised, shocked and confused as we
were pushed to the defense corner. It was a sad day in the
Israeli history."
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And why?)

In his book “Story of My Life”, the Defense Minister of


Israel during the October war ,Moshe Dayan, discussed the
details of the war and said that during the war he knew that
Israel would not be able to push the Egyptians back from
the Suez Canal again. The Minister also said that the
Egyptians owned different types of advanced weapons that
they could operate professionally.

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