Negev desert road ambush

Negev desert road ambush
Part of Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency

The attack site
Native nameפיגוע הירי בכביש סדום-באר שבע
LocationHighway 25, Southern Israel
Date4 October 1956; 68 years ago (1956-10-04)
Attack type
Ambush, mass shooting
WeaponMachine gun
Deaths5 Israeli civilians
Injured1 Israeli civilian
PerpetratorsPalestinian Fedayeen squad
No. of participants
10

The Negev desert road ambush was a terrorist attack which occurred on Thursday, 4 October 1956 at Highway 25, Israel when a squad of 10 armed Palestinian fedayeen fired at two civilian vehicles. As a result, 5 Israeli civilians were killed and 1 was injured.