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Ma'ale Akrabim massacre

1954 CE · Israel, Asia · War

Ma'ale Akrabim massacre
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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.

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