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[1][2][3] On Wednesday night, 12 September 1956, a Palestinian Fedayeen squad infiltrated into Israel from Jordan.

The bodies of the guards were stabbed and their guns were stolen by the attackers.

[7] With consulting his Cabinet, the Israeli Prime Minister decided on a reprisal raid.

[4] During the operation, either 9 or 13 Jordanian police and members of a desert camel patrol unit were killed, along with two civilians.