Six-Day War

=== Allegations of atrocities committed against Egyptian soldiers ===
It has been alleged that Nasser did not want Egypt to learn of the true extent of his defeat and so ordered the killing of Egyptian army stragglers making their way back to the Suez canal zone.{{Sfnp|Churchill |Churchill|1967 |p=179}} There have also been allegations from both Israeli and Egyptian sources that Israeli troops killed unarmed Egyptian prisoners.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bron |first=Gabby |title=Mass Graves |website=umassd.edu |url=http://www.umassd.edu/specialprograms/mideastaffairs/witness2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219220611/http://www.umassd.edu/specialprograms/mideastaffairs/witness2.htm |archive-date=19 February 2007}}</ref><ref>Bar-Zohar, Michael 'The Reactions of Journalists to the Army's Murders of POWs', ''Maariv'', 17 August 1995.</ref>{{Sfnp|Prior|1999|pp=209–210}}{{Sfnp|Bar-On|Morris|Golani|2002|p=}}{{Sfnp|Segev|2007|p=374}}<ref>Fisher, Ronal 'Mass Murder in the 1956 War', ''Ma'ariv'', 8 August 1995.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Laub|first=Karin |title=Historians: Israeli troops killed many Egyptian POWs |url=https://apnews.com/article/25ac46caafc811c70c9367f04ef136fb |access-date=2021-12-24 |website=AP News |date=16 August 1995}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Israel Reportedly Killed POWs in '67 War |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/08/17/israel-reportedly-killed-pows-in-67-war/ddf09333-2556-4c4a-b928-6a4614e31ab0/ |access-date=2021-12-24 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Ibrahim, Youssef |title=Egypt Says Israelis Killed P.O.W.'s in '67 War |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/21/world/egypt-says-israelis-killed-pow-s-in-67-war.html |work=The New York Times |date=21 September 1995 |access-date=12 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121001047/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/21/world/egypt-says-israelis-killed-pow-s-in-67-war.html |archive-date=21 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>