1956 Eilat bus ambush

1956 Eilat bus ambush
Part of Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency

The attack site
Location Near Be'er Menucha, on Highway 90, Southern Israel
Date August 16, 1956
Attack type
 Ambush, Shooting attack
Deaths 4 Israelis
Non-fatal injuries
 3 Israelis
Perpetrators Palestinian Fedayeen squad

The 1956 Eilat bus ambush was an attack on an Egged bus traveling from Tel-Aviv to Eilat on August 16, 1956. The Israeli civilian bus was ambushed by a Fedayeen squad on August 16, 1956. Four passengers were killed and three were injured.

The attack

On Thursday, 16 August 1956, a Palestinian Fedayeen squad infiltrated into Israel from Jordan. The militants reached Be'er Menucha in the Arava region and prepared an ambush in a ditch on the side of the road.

Around noon, the weekly Egged bus #391 from Tel-Aviv to Eilat, escorted by an IDF military vehicle, was attacked by gunfire as it passed Be'er Menucha. Three Israeli soldiers and a female civilian were killed. In addition, three civilian passengers were injured.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Four Killed In Ambush, Vancouver Sun


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