This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.1954–55 incidents 1956 incidents Operation Elkayam (Hebrew: מבצע אלקיים), also known as the Khan Yunis raid, was an Israeli military operation that targeted Egyptian military positions in the Khan Yunis area.

The refugees lived in squalor, were kept under martial law and were prevented from gaining citizenship in their respective Arab host countries.

[3] After one such atrocity, Israel decided to take decisive action against Egypt for its sponsorship of terror and initiated Operation Black Arrow.

Despite its success, Operation Black Arrow did not put a halt to Egyptian sponsorship of fedayeen terror raids and border transgressions.

[citation needed] On the night of August 31, 1955, paratroops of Israel’s vaunted 890th Battalion assembled to attack Egyptian military installations in Khan Yunis.

A second objective was the taking of an Egyptian emplacement, code-named Position 132, which dominated the Khan Yunis road and was deemed vital to securing the safe withdrawal of the troops.