Khan Yunis massacre
1956 mass killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces during the Suez Crisis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Khan Yunis massacre took place on 3 November 1956, perpetrated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Palestinian town of Khan Yunis and the nearby refugee camp of the same name in the Gaza Strip during the Suez Crisis.
Khan Yunis massacre | |
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Part of the Suez Crisis | |
Location | Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip |
Date | 3 November 1956 |
Target | Male Arab villagers Suspected members of the Palestinian fedayeen |
Attack type | Massacre[1] |
Deaths | 275+ (Per UNWRA report) |
Perpetrators | Israel Defense Forces |
According to Benny Morris, during an IDF operation to reopen the Egyptian-blockaded Straits of Tiran, Israeli soldiers shot two hundred Palestinians in Khan Yunis and Rafah.[1][2][3] According to Noam Chomsky's The Fateful Triangle, citing Donald Neff, 275 Palestinians were killed in a brutal house-to-house search for fedayeen (while a further 111 were reportedly killed in Rafah).[4][5]
Israeli authorities say that IDF soldiers ran into local militants and a battle erupted.[6][7]