A cikin 1972, sabon shugaban Masar, Anwar Sadat, ya kori masu ba da shawara na Soviet, yana ba da gudummawa ga rashin amincewar Isra'ila game da yiwuwar barazanarMasar da Siriya.Haɗe da sha'awar gujewa haifar da rikici da yaƙin neman zaɓe mai mayar da hankali kan tsaro, Isra'ila ta gaza yin shiri duk da gargaɗin da aka yi na kai hari.^[209]Yaƙin Yom Kippur, wanda kuma aka sani da Yaƙin Oktoba, ya fara ne a ranar 6 ga Oktoba 1973, ya yi daidai da Yom Kippur.Masar da Siriya sun kaddamar da harin ba-zata kan Dakarun tsaron Isra'ila da ba su shirya ba.Da farko dai, ikon da Isra'ila za ta yi na tunkarar maharan bai tabbata ba.Dukansu Tarayyar Soviet da Amurka , ƙarƙashin jagorancin Henry Kissinger, sun garzaya da makamai zuwa ga ƙawancensu.Daga karshe dai Isra'ila ta fatattaki sojojin Siriya da ke tuddan Golan, kuma duk da nasarar da Masar ta samu a farko a yankin Sinai, sojojin Isra'ila sun tsallaka mashigin Suez, inda suka kewaye sojojin Masar na uku, suka tunkari birnin Alkahira.Yakin ya yi sanadin mutuwar Isra'ila sama da 2,000, da kashe makudan kudade ga bangarorin biyu, tare da kara wayar da kan Isra'ila game da rauninsu.Ya kuma kara tsananta tashin hankali.Tattaunawar da ta biyo baya karkashin jagorancin sakataren harkokin wajen Amurka Henry Kissinger ta haifar da Rage yarjejeniyoyin Sojoji da Masar da Syria a farkon shekarar 1974.Yakin ya janyo rikicin man fetur a shekarar 1973, inda kasar Saudiyya ta jagoranci takunkumin hana man fetur din kungiyar OPEC kan kasashen da ke goyon bayan Isra'ila.Wannan takunkumin ya haifar da matsanancin karancin mai da hauhawar farashin mai, lamarin da ya sa kasashe da dama yanke ko rage alakarsu da Isra'ila tare da ware ta daga wasannin motsa jiki na Asiya.Bayan yakin, siyasar Isra'ila ta ga kafa jam'iyyar Likud daga Gahal da sauran kungiyoyin dama, karkashin jagorancin Begin.A zaben watan Disamba na 1973, Labour, karkashin jagorancin Golda Meir, ta lashe kujeru 51, yayin da Likud ya samu kujeru 39.A cikin Nuwamba 1974, PLO ya sami matsayin mai sa ido a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, tare da Yasser Arafat ya yi jawabi ga Babban taron.A wannan shekarar, Hukumar Agranat, ta gudanar da bincike kan rashin shiri da Isra'ila ta yi a yakin, ta zargi shugabannin sojojin amma ta wanke gwamnati.Duk da haka, rashin jin daɗin jama'a ya sa Firayim Minista Golda Meir yayi murabus.