<span>The Yom Kippur
War, Ramadan War, or October War, also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli
War, was a war fought by the coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and
Syria against Israel from October 6 to 25, 1973. The fighting mostly
took place in the Sinai and the Golan Heights, territories that had been
occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967. Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat wanted also to reopen the Suez Canal. Neither specifically
planned to destroy Israel, although the Israeli leaders could not be
sure of that.
On October 6, 1973, hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war<span>, in 1967, Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a coordinated attack against Israel on </span>Yom Kippur<span>, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.</span>
Congress passed the War Powers Resolution of 1973, intending to limit the President's authority to wage war and reasserted its authority over foreign wars.