The attack Qibya massacre

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palestinians returning qibya after massacre


according mixed armistice commission report, approved on afternoon following operation, , delivered major general vagn bennike un security council, raid @ qibya took place on evening of 14 october 1953 @ around 9.30 pm, , taken half battalion strength of soldiers israeli regular army. later sources state force consisted of 130 idf troops of whom third came unit 101. american chairman of mixed armistice commission in report un security council estimated between 250 , 300 israeli soldiers involved in attack.


the attack began mortar barrage on village until israeli forces reached outskirts of village. israeli troops employed bangalore torpedoes breach barbed-wire fences surrounding village, , mined roads prevent jordanian forces intervening. @ same time @ least 25 mortar shells fired neighbouring village of budrus. israeli troops simultaneously entered village 3 sides. idf soldiers encountered resistance soldiers , village guards, , in gunbattle followed, 10–12 soldiers , guards defending village killed , israeli soldier lightly wounded. soldiers did not thoroughly inspect homes in village presence of residents, , when military engineers dynamited dozens of buildings across village, scores of civilians killed. @ dawn, operation considered complete, , israelis returned home.


ariel sharon, led attack, later wrote in diary had received orders inflict heavy damage on arab legion forces in qibya: orders utterly clear: qibya example . original documents of time showed sharon ordered troops achieve maximal killing , damage property , , post-operational reports speak of breaking houses , clearing them grenades , shooting. sharon later said had thought houses empty , unit had checked houses before detonating explosives. in autobiography warrior (1987) sharon wrote:



i couldn t believe ears. went on each step of operation, began understand must have happened. years israeli reprisal raids had never succeeded in doing more blowing few outlying buildings, if that. expecting same, arab families must have stayed in houses rather running away. in big stone houses [...] have hidden in cellars , rooms, keeping quiet when paratroopers went in check , yell out warning. result tragedy had happened.



un observers noted observed bodies near doorways, , bullet marks on doors of demolished houses, , later concluded residents may have been forced stay in homes due heavy fire.








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