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The 1949 ceasefire did not end the killing. The Uninted Nations helped supervise the ceasefire along the volitile Egyptian-Isreali border. This limited incidents between the regular armies on both sides. The Arab strategy beginning about 1950 with the regular armies sidelined consisted of cross-border attacks by "Fedayeen" irregulars, supported by the Arab states surrounding Israel. The Arab irregulars targeted civilian or soft targets like Jewish settlements. Homes and busses were bombed and shot up. The UN peace keepers were unable to prevent the attacks. The Arab irregulars received varying degress of support from Arab governments. There is a long list of attacks on Isrealis from the 1950s through to the Six-Days War. All of this occurred before the occupation of the West Bank which many Arab sources often site as the cause of Palestinian terror attacks. In response, the Isrealis organized comando operations of their own. A young Isreali officer, Erirl Sharom, organized Unit 101. Armed with Isreali-built Uzzis. Unit 101 was specifically tasked with rsesponding to Faydaeen attacks.
The 1949 ceasefire did not end the killing. The Uninted Nations helped supervise the ceasefire along the volitile Egyptian-Isreali border. This limited incidents between the regular armies on both sides.
The Arab strategy beginning about 1950 with the regular armies sidelined consisted of cross-border attacks by "Fedayeen" irregulars. The Arab irregulars targeted civilian or soft targets like Jewish settlements. Homes and busses were bombed and shot up. There is a long list of attacks on Isrealis from the 1950s through to the Six-Days War. All of this occurred before the occupation of the West Bank which many Arab sources often site as the cause of Palestinian terror attacks.
Seven armed Palestinians attacked and killed a 19 year-old Jewish girl in her home in Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem (January 1, 1952).
Palestinian terrorists launched numerous attacks on Isrealis suring 1953. Most of the attacks were staged from Jordanian territiry, including the West Bank. Palestinians attempted the first sea born attack on Israel, but failed. Isreali forces intercepted one boat and a second escaped (April 14, 1953). Palestinians attacked residential areas in southern Jerusalem. They shot and killed a child and wounded three others (June 7, 1953). Palestinians attacked a farming community near Lod, and killed one of the residents. The terrorists threw hand grenades and sprayed gunfire in all directions. On the same night, another group of Palestinians attacked a house in the town of Hadera (June 9, 1953). This attack occurred a day after Israel and Jordan signed an agreement, with U.N. mediation. Jordan agreed to prevent terrorists from crossing into Israel from Jordanian territory. Palestinans infiltrated from Jordan and destroyed a house in the farming village of Mishmar Ayalon (June 10, 1953). Palestinians attacked a young couple in their home in Kfar Hess, and shot them dead (June 11, 1953). Palestinians infiltrated from Jordan, and reached the neighborhood of Katamon, in the heart of Jerusalem. They threw hand grenades in all directions. Miraculously, no one was hurt (September 2, 1953).
Palestinians ambushed a bus traveling from Eilat to Tel Aviv, and opened fire at short range when the bus reached the area of Maale Akrabim in the northern Negev. In the initial ambush, the terrorists killed the driver and wounded most of the passengers. The terrorists then boarded the bus, and shot each passenger, one by one. Eleven passengers were murdered. Survivors recounted how the murderers spat on the bodies and abused them. The terrorists could clearly be traced back to the Jordanian border, some 20 km from the site of the terrorist attack (March 17, 1954).
Palestinians killed two hikers in the Judean Desert (January 2, 1955). Palestinians threw hand grenades and opened fire on a crowd at a wedding in the farming community of Patish, in the Negev. A young woman was killed, and 18 people were wounded in the attack (March 24, 1955).
Tensions heightened in 1956 with President Nasser in Egypt making increasingly belicose radio broadcasts.
A resident of Ashkelon was killed in her home, when Palestinians threw three hand grenades into her house. Two members of Kibbutz Givat Chaim were killed, when Palestinians opened fire on their car, on the road from Plugot Junction to Mishmar Hanegev. There were further hand grenade and shooting attacks on homes and cars, in areas such as Nitzanim and Ketziot. One person was killed and three others wounded.
(April 7, 1956). Palestinians opened fire on a synagogue full of children and teenagers, in the farming community of Shafrir. Three children and a youth worker were killed on the spot, and five were wounded, including three seriously (April 11, 1956). Egyptians killed Roi Rotenberg, 21 years of age, from Nahal Oz (April 29, 1956). Palestinians killed three Druze guards at Ein Ofarim, in the Arava region (September 12, 1956). Palestinians fired from a Jordanian position, and killed 4 archaeologists and wounded 16 others, near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel (September 23, 1956). Palestinians killed a Jewish girl in the fields of the farming community of Aminadav, near Jerusalem (September 24, 1956). Palestinians killed five Israeli workers in Sdom (October 4, 1956). Palestinians killed two workers in an orchard of the youth village, Neve Hadassah, in the Sharon region (October 9, 1956). Palestinians fired on a train, attacked cars and blew up wells, in the North and Center of Israel. Six Israelis were wounded (November 8, 1956).
Two civilians were killed by landmines, next to Nir Yitzhak, on the southern border of the Gaza Strip (
February 18, 1957). Palestinians killed a shepherd from Kibbutz Beit Govrin in a field near the Kibbutz (
March 8, 1957). Palestinians infiltrated from Jordan, and killed two guards at Kibbutz Mesilot (April 16, 1957). A Palestinian opened fire on a truck in the Arava region, killing a worker (May 20, 1957).
A tractor driver was killed and two others wounded, when the vehicle struck a landmine, next to Kibbutz Kisufim (May 29, 1957). Israelis were wounded by landmines, close to the Gaza Strip (June 23, 1957). Two guards of the Israeli Mekorot water company were killed near Kibbutz Beit Govrin (August 23, 1957). A member of Kibbutz Gadot was killed in the Kibbutz fields (December 21, 1957).
Palestinians killed a resident of Moshav Yanov who was on his way to Kfar Yona, in the Sharon area (February 11, 1958). Palestinians lying in ambush shot and killed two people near Tel Lachish (April 5, 1958). Jordanian soldiers shot and killed two fishermen near Aqaba (April 22, 1958). Four Israeli police officers were killed in a Jordanian attack on Mt. Scopus, in Jerusalem (May 26, 1958).
Syrian terrorists killed the wife of the British air attache in Israel, who was staying at the guesthouse of the Italian Convent on the Mt. of the Beatitudes (November 17, 1958). A shepherd was killed at Kibbutz Gonen. In the artillery attack that followed, 31 civilians were wounded (December 3, 1958).
A shepherd from Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan was killed (January 23, 1959). Three civilians were killed by a landmine near Moshav Zavdiel (February 1, 1959). A guard was killed at Kibbutz Ramat Rahel (April 15, 1959). Two hikers were shot at close range and killed near Massada (April 27, 1959). Bedouins killed a paratroop reconnaissance officer near Nitzana (September 6, 1959). Bedouins fired on an army bivouac in the Negev, killing an IDF officer, Captain Yair Peled (September 8, 1959). A shepherd from Kibbutz Heftziba was killed near Kibbutz Yad Hana (October 3, 1959).
Palestinians killed a resident of Ashkelon south of the city (April 26, 1960).
Palestinians fired on an Egged bus on the way to Eilat; one passenger was wounded (April 12, 1962).
Two Palestinians attacked an Egged bus on the way to Eilat. No one was wounded (September 30, 1962).
Palestinians attempted to bomb the National Water Carrier. This was the first attack carried out by the PLO's Fatah faction (January 1, 1965). Jordanian Legionnaires fired on the neighborhood of Musrara in Jerusalem, killing two civilians and wounding four (May 31, 1965). Palestinians attacked a house in Kibbutz Yiftach (June 1, 1965). A Fatah cell planted explosives at Mitzpe Massua, near Beit Guvrin; and on the railroad tracks to Jerusalem near Kafr Battir (July 5, 1965). A waterline was sabotaged at Kibbutz Manara, in the Upper Galilee (August 26, 1965). A Palestinian was killed as he attempted to attack Moshav Amatzia (September 29, 1965). A Fatah cell that infiltrated from Jordan blew up a house in Moshav Givat Yeshayahu, south of Beit Shemesh. The house was destroyed, but the inhabitants were miraculously unhurt (November 7, 1965).
Explosions placed by Palestinians wounded two civilians and damaged three houses in Moshav Beit Yosef, in the Beit Shean Valley (April 25, 1966). Two Israelis were killed when their jeep hit a landmine, north of the Sea of Galilee and south of Almagor. Tracks led into Syria (May 16, 1966).
Two soldiers and a civilian were killed near Almagor, when their truck struck a terrorist landmine (July 13, 1966). Palestinians attacked a house in Kfar Yuval, in the North (July 14, 1966).
Terrorists infiltrated into Moshav Margaliot on the northern border and planted nine explosive charges (July 19, 1966). A civilian was wounded by an explosive charge on the railroad tracks to Jerusalem (October 27, 1966). [IMFA]
The Arab states surrounding Israel supported the Fedayeen. The Arab irregulars received varying degress of support from Arab governments.
The UN peace keepers were unable to prevent the attacks.
the Isrealis in response yp the Fedayeen attacks organized comando operations of their own. A young Isreali officer, Erirl Sharom, organized Unit 101. Armed with Isreali-built Uzzis. Unit 101 was specifically tasked with rsesponding to Faydaeen attacks.
Isreali Ministry of Foreifn Affairs (IMFA). "Which Came First- Terrorism or Occupation - Major Arab Terrorist Attacks against Israelis Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War" (March 31, 2002).
31 Mar 2002
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