Sinai Peninsula
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Sinai Peninsula
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1956 Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
1957 Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
1979 Another section of the Sinai Peninsula is peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt.
1982 Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Camp David Accords.