The Yom Kippur War began during which Islamic month?

The Yom Kippur War began during Ramadan. Egypt and Syria launched their surprise attack on Israel on 6 October 1973, a date that coincided with the 10th day of Ramadan and the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.

The conflict is also called the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, the October War, or the Ramadan War. Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal into the Sinai Peninsula, while Syrian forces attacked Israeli positions in the Golan Heights. Both territories had been captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.

The timing was strategically important: many Israeli soldiers were observing Yom Kippur, traditionally a day of fasting and prayer. The war lasted from 6 to 25 October and drew in the Cold War superpowers, with the United States supporting Israel and the Soviet Union resupplying Arab states.

A common mix-up is confusing Ramadan with the Islamic month in which the war ended. The question asks when it began, and the historical date clearly places its opening in Ramadan.