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  1. The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War. [2]

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  3. The Israeli Air Force notified the Israeli naval command that these two sightings were the USS Liberty. The ship was marked as neutral and removed from the threat board. Shortly afterward, the Israeli military received word that El-Arish was under naval bombardment.

  4. Aug 26, 2024 · USS Liberty incident, attack on the USS Liberty, a United States Navy signals intelligence ship, by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on June 8, 1967, in the middle of the Six-Day War. In all, 34 people on the ship were killed, and roughly another 170 were wounded.

  5. Feb 9, 2010 · On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israeli forces attacked the USS Liberty, a U.S. intelligence ship, in international waters off Egypt. The attack killed 34 Americans and wounded 171, and some suspect it was deliberate to conceal Israel's invasion of Syria.

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  6. In 1967, at the height of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force launched an unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty, a US Navy spy ship that was monitoring the conflict from...

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  7. Jun 6, 2017 · On June 8, 1967, an Israeli torpedo tore through the side of the unarmed American naval vessel USS Liberty, approximately a dozen miles off the Sinai coast.

  8. The USS Liberty was a U.S. Navy ship that was attacked by Israel in 1967 during the Six-Day War, killing 34 crew members and injuring 174. Survivors and former officials question the official cover-up of the incident and demand justice and recognition.

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