Negev desert road ambush | |
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Part of Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency | |
Native name | פיגוע הירי בכביש סדום-באר שבע |
Location | Highway 25, Southern Israel |
Date | 4 October 1956 |
Attack type | Ambush, mass shooting |
Weapon | Machine gun |
Deaths | 5 Israeli civilians |
Injured | 1 Israeli civilian |
Perpetrators | Palestinian 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.