October War also known as the 1973 Arab-Israel war was fought from October 6 to October 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel.
The war, that is known to Israelis as the Yom Kippur War, and to Arabs as the October War took place in Sinai and Golan.
This war is also called as Ramadhan War because it took place during the month of Ramadhan.
In 1967, Israel attacked Egypt, Jordan and Syria and occupied the remaining Palestine territories as well as Sinai desert in Egypt and Golan Heights in Syria.
With an aim to retake the territories back, the war broke out between the three countries in 1973.
By the end of the October 1973, both the sides were willing to accept the ceasefire deal. But around 2,600 Syrians soldiers, 7,700 Egyptian men and 3,500 Syrians lost their lives during the war.
The war did not stop even after the countries were ready to accept ceasefire deal. The fighting lasted for 243 days after it was signed and officially ended in Geneva on June 5 1974.
The Arab oil-producing countries, under the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), decided to reduce their oil production by five percent during the war and it led to major price hikes around the world.
