Battle of Karameh

When

21 Mar 1968

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.95° N, 35.58° E

Description

1968 battle between Israel and the PLO and Jordan

1968 battle during the War of Attrition

The Battle of Karameh was a 15-hour military engagement between Israel and the combined forces of Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the Jordanian border town of Karameh during the War of Attrition on 21 March 1968.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Karameh takes place in the town of Karameh, Jordan between IDF forces and combined forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en représailles contre les actions terroristes du Fatah, l’armée israélienne bombarde le camp de réfugiés palestiniens de Karameh en Jordanie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• War of Attrition6 Mar 1969 · Interstate war · Deaths 5,368