The Six-Day War Setting was the SINAI Peninsula, a region located in the northeastern corner of Egypt. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east, the Red Sea to the south, and the Suez Canal and Egypt to the west. The SINAI Peninsula has been a source of conflict between Egypt and Israel since the late 19th century, and it was the site of the 1967 Six-Day War between the two countries.