Beit Hanan attack

Beit Oved attack
The attack site
Location	Beit Hanan, Israel
Date	August 29, 1955
Attack type	Shooting attack
Deaths	4 Israeli civilians
Injured	10 Israeli civilians
Perpetrator(s)	Palestinian Fedayeen squad

On August 29, 1955, a Palestinian Fedayeen squad carried out a shooting attack in Israel near the village Beit Hanan. Four Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and 10 additional people were injured.

1 The attack
- 1.1 Fatalities
2 Israeli retaliation
3 References
4 External links

The attack

On Monday night, 19 August 1955, a Palestinian Fedayeen squad infiltrated into Israel from Egypt. The militants reached the orchards of Beit Hanan, about 12 to 15 miles north of the Gaza Strip where they shot and stabbed to death a group of Israeli civilian laborers whom were working in the fields, killing four and injuring ten.

Fatalities

Judah Hajbi, 51, of Nes Tziona^[1]
Shalom Sa'id, 26, of Nes Tziona^[2]

Na'im Yonah Eini, 23, of Nes Tziona^[3]
Abraham Radia, 46, of Rishon LeZion^[4]

Israeli retaliation

References

External links

Violence Continues In Gaza Strip; Israel, Egypt Hurl Charges‎ - published on the Milwaukee Journal on August 30, 1955
Israel, Egypt Clash Again Along Frontier - published on the Eugene Register-Guard on August 30, 1955
Violence Continuing Near Gaza - published on the Ocala Star-Banner on August 30, 1955
Israel Wrecks Army Camp Of Egyptians in Reprisal; Israelis Strike at Egyptian Base As Reprisal for Terrorist Raids - published on the New York Times on September 1, 1955

Prominent terrorist attacks against Israeli targets 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	Shafir 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)

List of attacks against Israeli civilians before 1967 1960s