While you are correct that Israel launched a preemptive strike against Egypt, that strike was the direct consequence of Egypt's act of war in closing the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping (as it had also done in 1956).
So, you are 100% incorrect in claiming that @Parsifal has the "wrong recollection". She was 100% correct in saying that "The 1967 war which came about as a result of actions by Egypt..."