Straits of Tiran מיצרי טיראן
Narrow channel at the southern tip of the Sinai that controls access to Eilat. Egypt's closure of it in 1967 was a cause of the Six-Day War.Continue ▸
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Sources
- The book Israel NOWlej by Richard J. Koret, glossary, page 205.