The Six-Day War ( , `` Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim '' ; Arabic : , `` an-Naksah '' , `` The Setback '' or , `` Ḥarb 1967 '' , `` War of 1967 '' ) , also known as the June War , 1967 Arab–Israeli War , or Third Arab–Israeli War , was fought Hostile_encounter between 5 and 10 June 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt ( known at the time as the United Arab Republic ) , Jordan , and Syria .