War broke out in the Middle East today between Israel and its Arab neighbors. The White House said the hostilities were "large scale" and Israel admitted suffering losses.

Cautioning that continued fighting could lead to tragic consequences, the White House said on behalf of President Johnson:

JERUSALEM, June 7, 1967 (UPI)-A Jew in a paratrooper's uniform blew a triumphant blast on a ram's horn at the Mandelbaum Gate today and signaled the fall of Jordan's old section of the Holy City to Israeli forces. For the first time in 20 years Israelis prayed at their Wailing Wall.

Three Israeli ministers served notice Friday night that the country has "no intention of squandering our military feats in any other way than by translating them into a permanent peace."

JERUSALEM, June 27, 1967 (UPI) - Prime Minister Levi Eshkol said bluntly today that Israel will not give up the lands it won in this month's Middle East war until her Arab neighbors sit down and directly negotiate a peace settlement. "We will hold on to it as a guarantee until they come to the peace table," the 72-year-old government chief said in an interview.

JERUSALEM, June 29, 1967 (UPI) - The Israeli defense minister announced that beginning today there will be no restriction of movement between the former Israeli and Jordanian sectors of the city. In other words, Jews were enabled to visit the Old City and Arabs the new for the first time since the 1948 Israeli War of Independence.

JERUSALEM, March 7, 1969 (UPI) - The ruling Labor Party today nominated Golda Meir, a 70-year-old former Milwaukee schoolteacher, as Israel's fourth premier. "I'll do my best," she said.

Fighting broke out along Israel's borders with Syria and Egypt today. Each side blamed the other for the almost simultaneous attacks.

No subject is more vexing, or more mysterious, than Middle East oil.

Israel reported smashing dozens of Egyptian tanks and missile batteries in desert combat on both banks of the Suez Canal today in the third day of an armored battle that could decide the 1973 Middle East war.

BEIRUT, Oct. 19, 1973 (UPI) - Saudi Arabia, largest of the Middle East oil suppliers, has cut its oil production by 10 per cent and threatened a total cutoff of U.S. shipments unless the United States halts military aid to Israel. "The government of King Faisal decided to reduce its production by 10 per cent immediately beginning today and until the end of November," said Saudi Arabia's Radio Riyadh yesterday.

A big Israeli armored column fought 20 miles inside Egypt today behind the main Egyptian Army massed in the Sinai Desert east of the Suez Canal and battles raged on both sides of the waterway. U.S. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger flew to Moscow for talks on trying to end the Middle East War.

Israel and Egypt resumed the 1973 Middle East War today, blaming each other for the breakdown of a short-lived cease-fire worked out by the United States and the Soviet Union.

Israel and Egypt charged each other with breaking the Middle East cease-fire along the southern Suez Canal for the second time today only hours after it went into effect, but the truce appeared to be taking hold again as night fell.