Ein Ofarim killings
| Ein Ofarim killings | |
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| Part of Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency | |
 The attack site | |
| Location | Ein Ofarim facility near Hatzeva in Southern Israel |
| Date | September 12, 1956 |
Attack type | Stabbing attack |
| Deaths | 3 Israelis |
| Perpetrators | Palestinian Fedayeen squad |
The Ein Ofarim killings was an attack by Palestinian Fedayeen, which occurred on Wednesday night, 12 September 1956.
The attack[]
On Wednesday night, 12 September 1956, a Palestinian Fedayeen squad infiltrated into Israel from Jordan. The militants reached the Ein Ofarim facility near the village Hatzeva, where they stabbed to death 3 Druze guardsmen.
Aftermath[]
The tracks of the perpetrators led to the Jordanian border police station Arendall, which was used by the Jordanian National Guard and the camel mounted commando unit of the Arab Legion.
Israel made a decision to retaliate in response to the Ein Ofarim killings. The Arendall station was chosen as the destination for the counterattack. 13 Israeli paratroopers participated in a counterattack in which they targeted the fortified Arendall station. During the operation 16 Jordanian soldiers were killed. IDF casualties in the operation included one dead soldier and 12 wounded soldiers. The police station was destroyed.[1]
References[]
- ^ Israeli, Raphael (2002). Jerusalem Divided: The Armistice Regime, 1947-1967. Routledge. p. 82. ISBN 9780714652665.
External links[]
- Israel Cites Jordan Raid - published on Sarasota Herald-Tribune on September 14, 1956
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