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The Yom Kippur War On Yom Kippur in 1973 , Israel was caught off guard . While many Israelis were in synagogue , praying and fasting on this , the holiest day of the Jewish year , Egypt and Syria attacked . The IDF immediately called up its reservists , but it was almost impossible to react quickly enough . The outnumbered Israeli soldiers heroically stopped the Syrians’ invasion of the Golan Heights , but the Syrians broke through Israeli border defenses , killing hundreds of Israelis . The Syrians stopped their attack and the IDF , mobilizing its reserve units , conquered additional land in Syria . My mom grew up in Cape Town , South Africa . She told me that when Israel’s victory in the Six-Day War was announced , her school—Weizmann Primary School—cancelled all classes for the day . The students gathered in the school’s courtyard and danced Israeli dances for hours . Many parents joined the celebration and cried with joy as they watched their children dance . You can read about David and Goliath in the Bible , in the book of Samuel . The story tells how , before David was king of Israel , he fought and killed the giant Goliath with just a slingshot . Why do you think people sometimes compare Israel to David ?
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