According to Grab, 25 years ago, "The Israelis and Palestinians had just finished the October War and were busy with border conflicts."

Perhaps, Grab, you should check the history before revising them.

I would presume that you are referring to the Yom Kippur War of 1973, almost 28 years ago.

The war was not with the Palestinians. On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, Israel was surprise-attacked by the combined armies of Egypt and Syria with additional units from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon and Morocco.

The Palestinians had not yet emerged as a viable political or military unit (although Arafat's PLO was engaged in school bus bombings and airplane hijackings).