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Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
Armed cross-border conflict (1949–1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency was an armed cross-border conflict, which peaked between 1949 and 1956, involving Israel and Palestinian militants, mainly based in the Gaza Strip, under the nominal control of the All-Palestine Protectorate – a Palestinian client-state of Egypt declared in October 1948, which became the focal point of the Palestinian fedayeen activity.[2] The conflict was parallel to the Palestinian infiltration phenomenon. Hundreds were killed in the course of the conflict, which declined after the 1956 Suez War.
Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency | |||||||
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Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |||||||
![]() Israeli policemen inspecting the bodies of five fedayeen killed near Nir Galim, 1956 | |||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
400–967 soldiers and civilians killed (1951-1955) | 3,000–5,000 insurgents and civilians killed (1948-1956)[1] |
Emerging from among the Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled from their villages as a result of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War,[3] in the mid-1950s the fedayeen began mounting cross-border operations into Israel from Syria, Egypt and Jordan. The earliest infiltrations were often made in order to access the lands and agricultural products, which Palestinians had lost as a result of the war, later shifting to attacks on Israeli military and civilian targets. Fedayeen attacks were directed on Gaza and Sinai borders with Israel, and as a result Israel undertook retaliatory actions, targeting the fedayeen that also often targeted the citizens of their host countries, which in turn provoked more attacks.