Ein Ofarim killings

Ein Ofarim killings
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 a terrorist attack 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.

Victims

Nawaf Abu-Ghazi (born 1931)^[1]
Suleiman Hatoum (born 1931)^[2]
Rafik Abdullah (born 1933)^[3]

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.

As a result, 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 the counterattack codenamed Operation Shoshana in which they attacked 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.

References

External links

Israel Cites Jordan Raid - published on Sarasota Herald-Tribune on September 14, 1956

Prominent terrorist attacks against Israelis in the history of the Arab–Israeli conflict – the 1950s

1953	Yehud attack (October 12)

1954	Ma'ale Akrabim massacre (March 17)

1955	Beit Hanan attack (August 29)

1956	Shafrir synagogue shooting attack (April 11) Eilat bus ambush (August 16) Ein Ofarim killings (September 12) Ramat Rachel shooting attack (September 23) Negev desert road ambush (October 4)

Attacks launched from Jordan Attacks launched from Egypt List of attacks against Israeli civilians before 1967 1960s

Prominent Palestinian militancy attacks in the 1950s

Within Israel	Yehud attack¹ (October 12, 1953) Beit Hanan attack² (August 29, 1955) Shafrir synagogue shooting attack¹ (April 11, 1956) Killing of Roi Rotberg (April 29, 1956) Eilat bus ambush¹ (August 16, 1956) Ein Ofarim killings¹ (September 12, 1956) Negev desert road ambush¹ (October 4, 1956)

¹ Attacks launched from Jordan ² Attacks launched from Egypt 1960s

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