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مجزرة خان يونس
Exact day3 November 1956
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A licensed photograph, with its credit, is added after review; never a generated likeness.On 3 November 1956, during the Suez war, Israeli troops occupying Khan Yunis and its refugee camp in the Gaza Strip killed a large number of civilians; UNRWA received lists naming 275 dead, 140 of them refugees.
UNRWA’s Director reported to the General Assembly that the town of Khan Yunis and the agency’s camp beside it were occupied by Israeli troops on the morning of 3 November 1956, and that a large number of civilians were killed. The Israeli authorities said there had been resistance; the refugees said all resistance had ceased and that many unarmed civilians were killed as the troops went through the town and camp seeking men with arms. The Director received lists naming 275 people allegedly killed that day, 140 refugees and 135 local residents.12
Link to this chapterThe Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question records the killing as taking place under the cover of the 1956 war, and that international pressure eventually led to Israel’s withdrawal from the Sinai and the Gaza Strip in March 1957.3
Link to this chapterLinked context in the legacy record
Linked context in the legacy record
Within a yearThe Kafr Qasim massacre, The Rafah massacre
Evidence
United Nations · paragraph: 23
Original-language quotation · enThe town of Khan Yunis and the Agency's camp adjacent thereto were occupied by Israel troops on the morning of 3 November. A large number of civilians were killed at that timeLink to this citationUnited Nations · paragraph: 23
Original-language quotation · enlists of names of persons allegedly killed on 3 November, numbering 275 individuals, of whom 140 were refugees and 135 local residents of Khan YunisLink to this citationPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Highlight text (Alex Winder)
Original-language quotation · enOn 3 November, under the cover of war, Israeli forces killed 275 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis.Link to this citationdocument · United Nations
The special report of the Director of the UN Relief and Works Agency to the General Assembly (A/3212/Add.1), as held by the UN Information System on the Question of Palestine.
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article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
Alex Winder, “The 1956 War”, Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question (Institute for Palestine Studies).
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11-03 · occurrence
Anniversary of the documented date.