In pictures: The six-day war

Israel mobilises for the six-day war Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

Israeli paratroopers Zion Karasanti, left, Yitzhak Yifat, centre, and Haim Oshri, right, stand next to the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City after it was captured on June 7 1967 Photograph: David Rubinger/AP

Former Israeli defence minister Moshe Dayan (centre) and General Rechavam Zeevi (second left) in conversation with the Palestinian keeper of the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on June 8 1967 Photograph: AFP

Israeli tanks in action in the Golan Heights in June 1967 Photograph: AFP

Israeli tanks patrol East Jerusalem Photograph: Pierre Guillaud/AFP

Palestinians surrender to Israeli soldiers in June 1967 in the occupied territory of the West Bank Photograph: Pierre Guillaud/AFP

Israeli soldiers guard an unidentified prisoner Photograph: Pierre Guillaud/AFP

An Israeli soldier arrests Palestinians on suspicion of being members of Fatah Photograph: David Rubinger/Corbis

A Palestinian child plays in a refugee camp in Jordan Photograph: AFP

Egyptian prisoners in Sinai, Israel Photograph: Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis

A group of Israeli soldiers during the six-day war Photograph: Vittoriano Rastelli/Corbis

Israeli tanks encounter Syrian soldiers giving themselves up as prisoners of war in the Golan Heights Photograph: Moshe Milner/AFP

Israeli commanders enter the Lion's gate in Jerusalem Old City on June 7 1967 Photograph: Israeli Government Press Office/EPA

An Egyptian prisoner in the Sinai desert, Egypt Photograph: Henri Bureau/Corbis

Israeli soldiers celebrate the capture of Old Jerusalem from the Jordanians in front of the Dome of the Rock on June 11 Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis