Shafrir synagogue shooting attack

Shafrir synagogue shooting attack
	Part of Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
	; The attack site
Location	Kfar Chabad, Israel
Date	April 11, 1956
Attack type	Shooting attack
Deaths	4 (3 children)
Injured	5

The Shafrir synagogue shooting attack was an attack carried out by Palestinian terrorists on April 11, 1956. Two Palestinian militants who infiltrated to Israel from Egypt opened fire on a synagogue full of children and teenagers, in the farming community of Kfar Chabad (Shafrir), killing three children and a youth worker and injuring five, three of them seriously.[1][2]

The attack

A Palestinian Arab militant squad infiltrated Israel from Egypt. They entered the village Kfar Chabad (Shafrir) during the evening of 11 April 1956. Two armed militants entered the synagogue of the village and opened fire into a crowd of 46 children aged 9–16. Three children and an instructor were killed in the incident. Five children were injured, three of them in serious condition.[3]

Fatalities

Albert Edery, 14, of Lod[4]
Kamus Amos Uzan, 15, of Shafrir[5]
Simcha Silberstrom, 25, a teacher from Shafrir[6]

Shlomo Mizrahi, 16, of Shafrir[7]
Nisim Assis, 13, of Jerusalem[8]
Moshe Peretz, 14, of Shafrir[9]

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References

Chesler, Phyllis (2005-01-11). The New Anti-Semitism: The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It. Wiley. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7879-7803-7.
Bar-On, Mordechai (2012). Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero. Yale University Press.
Albert Edery (in Hebrew)
Kamus Amos Uzan (in Hebrew)
Simcha Silberstrom (in Hebrew)
Shlomo Mizrahi (in Hebrew)
Nisim Assis (in Hebrew)
Moshe Peretz (in Hebrew)

External links

Israel Says Arabs Made Night Attack - published on Star-News on April 11, 1956

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[2] Chesler, Phyllis (2005-01-11). The New Anti-Semitism: The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It. Wiley. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7879-7803-7.

[3] Bar-On, Mordechai (2012). Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero. Yale University Press.

[4] Albert Edery (in Hebrew)

[5] Kamus Amos Uzan (in Hebrew)

[6] Simcha Silberstrom (in Hebrew)

[7] Shlomo Mizrahi (in Hebrew)

[8] Nisim Assis (in Hebrew)

[9] Moshe Peretz (in Hebrew)

Prominent terrorist attacks against Israelis in the history of the Arab–Israeli conflict – the 1950s
1953	Yehud attack (October 12)
1954	Ma'ale Akrabim massacre (March 17)
1955	Beit Hanan attack (August 29)
1956	Shafrir synagogue shooting attack (April 11) Eilat bus ambush (August 16) Ein Ofarim killings (September 12) Ramat Rachel shooting attack (September 23) Negev desert road ambush (October 4)
Attacks launched from Jordan Attacks launched from Egypt List of attacks against Israeli civilians before 1967 1960s

Prominent Palestinian militancy attacks in the 1950s
Within Israel	Yehud attack¹ (October 12, 1953) Beit Hanan attack² (August 29, 1955) Shafrir synagogue shooting attack¹ (April 11, 1956) Killing of Roi Rotberg (April 29, 1956) Eilat bus ambush¹ (August 16, 1956) Ein Ofarim killings¹ (September 12, 1956) Negev desert road ambush¹ (October 4, 1956)
¹ Attacks launched from Jordan ² Attacks launched from Egypt 1960s