In the early hours of 6 October (on Yom Kippur, the holiest of the Jewish holidays), Elazar finally became convinced that war would indeed break out that same day, even though the Chief of Military Intelligence Major General Eli Zeira and the Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan still believed that this was highly unlikely.
I de tidlige timer på den 6. oktober (på Yom Kippur, den helligste af de jødiske helligdage) blev Elazar endelig overbevist om at krigen rent faktisk ville bryde ud samme dag, selv om chefen for militærets efterretningstjeneste generalmajor Eli Zeira og forsvarsminister Moshe Dayan stadig mente, at dette var særdeles usandsynligt.