Ras Sedr massacre | |
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Part of the Six-Day War | |
Location | Ras Sedr, Egypt |
Date | 8 June 1967 |
Attack type | Massacre, mass murder |
Deaths | 49–52+ Egyptian prisoners of war |
Perpetrator | Israel Defense Forces |
Ras Sedr massacre (Hebrew: טבח ראס סודר; Arabic: مجزرة رأس سدر) was a mass murder of at least 52 Egyptian prisoners of war that took place immediately after a paratrooper unit of the Israel Defense Forces conquered Ras Sedr in the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967 during the Six-Day War.[1]