Ma'ale Akrabim massacre

When

17 Mar 1954

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

11

Coordinates

30.91° N, 35.13° E

Description

1954 attack on Israeli civilians by Arab fedayeen

1954 attack on Israeli civilians by Arab fedayeen

The Ma'ale Akrabim massacre, known in English as the Scorpions' Pass Massacre, was an attack on an Israeli passenger bus, carried out on 17 March 1954, in the middle of the day. Eleven passengers were shot dead by the attackers who ambushed and boarded the bus. One passenger died 32 years later of his injuries, in a state of paralysis and partial consciousness.

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