surprise attack
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After Israel’s surprise attack on Syria and Egypt in October 1973, Kissinger spent nearly two years on “shuttle diplomacy,” flying back and forth between Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem in search of a lasting peace deal.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
In Syria, Iranian forces launched "a surprise attack on the enemy special operations command centre in the Al-Tanf region", according to a Guards statement carried by state media.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
At the end of this past February, he launched a surprise attack in the middle of negotiations, which were going pretty well.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Only weeks after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the emperor’s soldiers swept south through Malaya, often riding on cheap pushbikes in an assault dubbed “the bicycle blitzkrieg.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
On December 26, the Americans launched a surprise attack on a Hessian camp in Trenton, New Jersey.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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