the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East |
a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious | Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt |
an active struggle between competing entities | |
a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply | |