A cikin 1971, shugaban Masar Anwar Sadat ya rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar abota da Tarayyar Soviet , amma a shekara ta 1972, ya nemi masu ba da shawara na Soviet su bar Masar.The Soviets, tsunduma a détente da Amurka, shawara a kan Masar soja mataki a kan Isra'ila .Duk da haka, Sadat, yana neman sake dawo da yankin Sinai da kuma karfafa kishin kasa bayan shan kaye a yakin 1967, ya karkata zuwa yaki da Isra'ila, da nufin samun nasara don sauya halin da ake ciki.^[139]Kafin yakin 1973, Sadat ya kaddamar da yakin diplomasiyya, inda ya sami goyon baya daga kasashe fiye da dari, ciki har da mafi yawan mambobin kungiyar Larabawa da masu zaman kansu, da kuma kungiyar hadin kan Afirka.Syria ta amince ta shiga cikin rikicin kasar Masar.A lokacin yakin, da farko sojojin Masar sun yi nasarar tsallakawa cikin yankin Sinai inda suka yi tazarar kilomita 15, a cikin iyakar sojojin sama nasu.Duk da haka, maimakon ƙarfafa matsayinsu, sai suka ƙara turawa cikin hamada, suna fama da hasara mai yawa.Wannan ci gaban da aka samu ya haifar da gibi a layin nasu, wanda wani bangaren tankokin yaki na Isra'ila karkashin jagorancin Ariel Sharon suka yi amfani da shi, inda suka kutsa cikin yankin Masar har zuwa birnin Suez.A lokaci guda kuma, Amurka ta ba da tallafin jiragen sama na dabara da kuma dala biliyan 2.2 na taimakon gaggawa ga Isra'ila.A mayar da martani, Ministocin mai na kungiyar OPEC karkashin jagorancin Saudiyya , sun kakaba takunkumin hana man fetur da Amurka ta amince da kudurin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, wanda Amurka da Tarayyar Soviet suka goyi bayan, a karshe ya yi kira da a kawo karshen fada da fara tattaunawar zaman lafiya.A ranar 4 ga Maris 1974, ^[140] sojojin Isra'ila sun fice daga yammacin mashigin Suez Canal, kuma jim kadan bayan haka, an dage takunkumin man fetur da aka yi wa Amurka.Duk da kalubalen da sojoji suka fuskanta da hasarar da aka samu, an dauki yakin a matsayin nasara a Masar, musamman saboda nasarorin farko da suka dawo da martabar kasa.Wannan ra'ayi da shawarwarin da suka biyo baya ya haifar da tattaunawar zaman lafiya da Isra'ila, wanda ya sa Masar ta sake dawo da dukkanin yankin Sinai domin samun yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya.