A watan Mayun 1967, shugaban Masar Gamal Abdel Nasser ya tura dakarunsa cikin yankin Sinai, kusa da kan iyakar Isra'ila.Yayin da yake fuskantar matsin lambar da kasashen Larabawa suka yi da kuma kara tsammanin karfin sojan Larabawa, Nasser ya bukaci janyewar Hukumar Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNEF) daga kan iyakar Masar da Isra'ila a Sinai a ranar 18 ga Mayun 1967. Bayan haka, Masar ta hana Isra'ila shiga mashigin Tiran. wani yunkuri da Isra'ila ta dauki matakin yaki.A ranar 30 ga Mayu, Sarki Hussein na Jordan da Nasser sun rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar tsaron Jordan da Masar.Tun da farko Masar ta shirya kai hari kan Isra'ila a ranar 27 ga Mayu amma ta soke shi a karshe.A ranar 5 ga watan Yuni, Isra'ila ta kai wani hari na riga-kafi a kan Masar, inda ta yi mummunar barna a filayen jiragen sama na Masar tare da lalata sojojin sama.Wannan matakin ya kai ga mamayar Isra'ila a yankin Sinai da zirin Gaza.Jordan da Syria da ke marawa Masar baya sun shiga yakin amma sun fuskanci mamayar da Isra'ila ke yi a gabar yammacin kogin Jordan da tuddan Golan.Tsagaita bude wuta, wanda kwamitin sulhu na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya shiga, ya samu karbuwa daga Masar, Jordan, da Syria tsakanin 7 zuwa 10 ga watan Yuni.Rashin nasara a yakin 1967 ya sa Nasser yayi murabus a ranar 9 ga watan Yuni, inda ya zabi mataimakin shugaban kasa Zakaria Mohieddin a matsayin magajinsa.Sai dai Nasser ya janye murabus din nasa biyo bayan zanga-zangar da jama'a suka yi na nuna goyon bayan sa.Bayan yakin, an yi shari'ar manyan hafsoshin soja bakwai da suka hada da ministan yaki Shams Badran.An kama Field-Marshal Abdel-Hakim Amer, babban kwamandan sojojin kasar kuma an bayar da rahoton cewa ya kashe kansa a gidan yari a watan Agusta.