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What the Prophet (saas) Said of the Future
The people of Sham will take pris-
oner the tribes of Egypt. 254
Today, the states in the region in question include Israel. That is
why the hadith could be pointing to the war between the State of Israel
and Egypt, and the invasion of Egyptian territory.
On October 26, 1956, Israel attacked Egypt and began to occupy the Sinai Peninsula. The fighting ended shortly after-
wards following intervention by the United Nations, and a UN peacekeeping force was stationed on the Israeli border.
The 1967 Six-Day War was another war between Israel and Egypt. By the end of
the war, Israel had captured all of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai peninsula, the
West Bank of the River Jordan, the city of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
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