Samu Incident
The Samu incident or Battle of Samu was a large cross-border assault on 13 November 1966 by Israeli military on the Jordanian-controlled West Bank village of Samu in response to an al-Fatah land mine incident two days earlier near the West Bank border, which killed 3 Israeli soldiers on a border patrol. It purportedly originating from Jordanian territory. It was the largest Israeli military operation since the 1956 Suez Crisis and is considered to have been a contributing factor to the outbreak of the Six-Day War in 1967. Since 1965 Jordan had an active campaign to curb Fatah sabotage activities. The handling of the incident was widely criticised in Israeli political and military circles.
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Samu Incident
The Samu incident or Battle of Samu was a large cross-border assault on 13 November 1966 by Israeli military on the Jordanian-controlled West Bank village of Samu in response to an al-Fatah land mine incident two days earlier near the West Bank border, which killed 3 Israeli soldiers on a border patrol. It purportedly originating from Jordanian territory. It was the largest Israeli military operation since the 1956 Suez Crisis and is considered to have been a contributing factor to the outbreak of the Six-Day War in 1967. Since 1965 Jordan had an active campaign to curb Fatah sabotage activities. The handling of the incident was widely criticised in Israeli political and military circles.
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El incidente de Samu tuvo luga ...... tino ocurrido tres días antes.
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The Samu incident or Battle of ...... olitical and military circles.
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معركة السموع هي معركة حدثت بين ...... . وكانت المواجهة مع لواء حطين.
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1 fighter jet damaged
10 wounded
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1966-11-13
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Demolition of 40 to 120 houses ...... ting to outbreak ofSix-Day War
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100 troops
20 convoy vehicles
40 half-tracks
400 troops
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Attacks on Israelis by al-Fatah and other PLO militants
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El incidente de Samu tuvo luga ...... tino ocurrido tres días antes.
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The Samu incident or Battle of ...... olitical and military circles.
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معركة السموع هي معركة حدثت بين ...... . وكانت المواجهة مع لواء حطين.
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Incidente de Samu
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Samu Incident
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معركة السموع
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Operation Shredder
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