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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

17. The Enslavement of the Egyptians

The people of Sham will take
prisoner the tribes of Egypt ...
(Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-
Qawl al-Mukhtasar f' `Alamat

al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 49)

As stated earlier, Sham is the region located on the left part of
Hijaz (where Mecca and Medina are located). Today, Israel is one of
the countries located in this region. Consequently, this hadith may
well hint at Israel's war with Egypt and its occupation of Egyptian
lands.
On October 26, 1956, Israel, with British and French support, at-
tacked Egypt and began to occupy the Sinai Peninsula. The fighting
ended shortly afterwards, following intervention by the United States
and the United Nations, and a UN peacekeeping force was stationed
on the Israeli border.
During the 1967 Six-Day War, the Israel air force attacked some
Egyptian air bases and inflicted severe damage upon the Egyptian air
force. Due to this defeat, the Egyptian air force performed poorly dur-
ing the battles that took place after June 5. The Egyptian forces in Sinai
withdrew. On June 5, Israel attacked and occupied the Golan Heights
and, by the end of the war, Israel had captured the Gaza Strip, the
Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.

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