Like with the Sinai front, Israel again initiated the attack, but this time in Jerusalem. On June 5 Israel began closing in on the old walls of Jerusalem. This advance was slowed down by opposition on June 6, yet between ground, air, and tank attacks, Israel gained control of the old Jerusalem Road. On June 7 the Israeli Colonel Mordechai Gur entered Old Jerusalem, forcing Jordanian forces to retreat. With Jerusalem lost to Israel, it was not long before Jordan troops also gave up Bethlehem, Hebron, and Etzion. Later on the 7th, the UN Security Council called for the firghting to end, an agreement that both sides accepted.
In Jenin-Nablus the Israli forces approached the Jordanian forces at Jenn, and the city was taken by the end of June 6. On June 7 the Israeli forces pressed on into Nablus, which they also took after considerable fighting. Just before night, the Jordanian forces retreated across the Jordan river and agreed to a UN ceasefire.
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