The aims Aiming were to regain Recovering Western control Control of the Suez Canal and to remove Removing Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser , who had just nationalized the canal .

In May , Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced Expressing_publicly that the straits would be closed to Having_or_lacking_access Israeli vessels , and he mobilized Influence Egyptian forces along its border with Israel .

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser believed Know that only military initiative would compel Convincing Israel or the international community to facilitate Preventing_or_letting a full Israeli withdrawal Escaping from Sinai , and hostilities soon resumed Process_start along the Suez Canal .

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser supported Supporting the republicans with as many as 70,000 Egyptian troops and weapons .