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Major Arab Terrorist Attacks Against Israelis
Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War

 

Oct 27, 1966

A civilian was wounded by an explosive charge on the railroad tracks to Jerusalem.

July 19, 1966

Terrorists infiltrated into Moshav Margaliot on the northern border and planted nine explosive charges.

July 14, 1966

Terrorists attacked a house in Kfar Yuval, in the North.

July 13, 1966

Two soldiers and a civilian were killed near Almagor, when their truck struck a terrorist landmine.

May 16, 1966

Two Israelis were killed when their jeep hit a terrorist landmine, north of the Sea of Galilee and south of Almagor. Tracks led into Syria.

Apr 25, 1966

Explosions placed by terrorists wounded two civilians and damaged three houses in Moshav Beit Yosef, in the Beit Shean Valley.

Nov 7, 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.

Sept 29, 1965

A terrorist was killed as he attempted to attack Moshav Amatzia.

Aug 26, 1965

A waterline was sabotaged at Kibbutz Manara, in the Upper Galilee.

July 5, 1965

A Fatah cell planted explosives at Mitzpe Massua, near Beit Guvrin; and on the railroad tracks to Jerusalem near Kafr Battir.

June 1, 1965

Terrorists attack a house in Kibbutz Yiftach.

May 31, 1965

Jordanian Legionnaires fired on the neighborhood of Musrara in Jerusalem, killing two civilians and wounding four.

Jan 1, 1965

Palestinian terrorists attempted to bomb the National Water Carrier. This was the first attack carried out by the PLO's Fatah faction.

Sept 30, 1962

Two terrorists attacked an Egged bus on the way to Eilat. No one was wounded.

Apr 12, 1962

Terrorists fired on an Egged bus on the way to Eilat; one passenger was wounded.

Apr 26, 1960

Terrorists killed a resident of Ashkelon south of the city.

Oct 3, 1959

A shepherd from Kibbutz Heftziba was killed near Kibbutz Yad Hana.

Sept 8, 1959

Bedouins opened fire on an army bivouac in the Negev, killing an IDF officer, Captain Yair Peled.

Sept 6, 1959

Bedouin terrorists killed a paratroop reconnaissance officer near Nitzana.

Apr 27, 1959

Two hikers were shot at close range and killed near Massada.

Apr 15, 1959

A guard was killed at Kibbutz Ramat Rahel.

Feb 1, 1959

Three civilians were killed by a terrorist landmine near Moshav Zavdiel.

Jan 23, 1959

 A shepherd from Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan was killed.

Dec 3, 1958

A shepherd was killed at Kibbutz Gonen. In the artillery attack that followed, 31 civilians were wounded.

Nov 17, 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.

May 26, 1958

Four Israeli police officers were killed in a Jordanian attack on Mt. Scopus, in Jerusalem.

Apr 22, 1958

Jordanian soldiers shot and killed two fishermen near Aqaba.

Apr 5, 1958

Terrorists lying in ambush shot and killed two people near Tel Lachish.

Feb 11, 1958

Terrorists killed a resident of Moshav Yanov who was on his way to Kfar Yona, in the Sharon area.

Dec 21, 1957

A member of Kibbutz Gadot was killed in the Kibbutz fields.

Aug 23, 1957

Two guards of the Israeli Mekorot water company were killed near Kibbutz Beit Govrin.

June 23, 1957

Israelis were wounded by landmines, close to the Gaza Strip.

May 29, 1957

A tractor driver was killed and two others wounded, when the vehicle struck a landmine, next to Kibbutz Kisufim.

May 20, 1957

A terrorist opened fire on a truck in the Arava region, killing a worker.

Apr 16, 1957

Terrorists infiltrated from Jordan, and killed two guards at Kibbutz Mesilot.

Mar 8, 1957

A shepherd from Kibbutz Beit Govrin was killed by terrorists in a field near the Kibbutz.

Feb 18, 1957

Two civilians were killed by terrorist landmines, next to Nir Yitzhak, on the southern border of the Gaza Strip.

Nov 8, 1956

Terrorists opened fire on a train, attacked cars and blew up wells, in the North and Center of Israel. Six Israelis were wounded.

Oct 9, 1956

Two workers were killed in an orchard of the youth village, Neve Hadassah, in the Sharon region.

Oct 4, 1956

Five Israeli workers were killed in Sdom.

Sept 24, 1956

Terrorists killed a girl in the fields of the farming community of Aminadav, near Jerusalem.

Sept 23, 1956

Terrorists opened fire from a Jordanian position, and killed four archaeologists, and wounded sixteen others, near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

Sept 12, 1956

Terrorists killed three Druze guards at Ein Ofarim, in the Arava region.

Apr 29, 1956

Egyptians killed Roi Rotenberg, 21 years of age, from Nahal Oz.

Apr 11, 1956

Terrorists 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.

Apr 7, 1956

A resident of Ashkelon was killed in her home, when terrorists threw three hand grenades into her house.
Two members of Kibbutz Givat Chaim were killed, when terrorists 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.

Mar 24, 1955

Terrorists 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 eighteen people were wounded in the attack.

Jan 2, 1955

Terrorists killed two hikers in the Judean Desert.

Mar 17, 1954

Terrorists 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.

Sept 2, 1953

Terrorists 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.

June 11, 1953

Terrorists attacked a young couple in their home in Kfar Hess, and shot them to death.

June 10, 1953

Terrorists infiltrating from Jordan destroyed a house in the farming village of Mishmar Ayalon.

June 9, 1953

Terrorists 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 terrorists attacked a house in the town of Hadera. This occurred a day after Israel and Jordan signed an agreement, with UN mediation, in which Jordan undertook to prevent terrorists from crossing into Israel from Jordanian territory.

June 7, 1953

A youngster was killed and three others were wounded, in shooting attacks on residential areas in southern Jerusalem.

Apr 14, 1953

Terrorists tried for the first time to infiltrate Israel by sea, but were unsuccessful. One of the boats was intercepted and the other boat escaped.

Jan 1, 1952

Seven armed terrorists attacked and killed a nineteen year-old girl in her home, in the neighborhood of Beit Yisrael, in Jerusalem.

 

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