List of Attacks Against Israeli Civilians Before 1967 - Border Conflict, 1957-1967

Border Conflict, 1957-1967

• Apr 16, 1957 - Terrorists infiltrated from Jordan, and killed two guards at Kibbutz Mesilot.

• May 20, 1957 - A gunman opened fire on a truck in the Arava region, killing a worker.

• May 29, 1957 - A tractor driver was killed and two others wounded, when the vehicle struck a landmine, next to kibbutz Kissufim.

• June 23, 1957 - Israelis were wounded by landmines, close to the Gaza Strip.

• Aug 23, 1957 - Two guards of the Israeli Mekorot water company were killed near Kibbutz Beit Govrin.

• Dec 21, 1957 - A member of kibbutz Gadot was killed in the Kibbutz fields.

• Feb 11, 1958 - Terrorists killed a resident of moshav Yanov who was on his way to Kfar Yona, in the Sharon area.

• Apr 5, 1958 - Terrorists lying in an ambush shot and killed two people near Tel Lakhish.

• Apr 22, 1958 - Jordanian soldiers shot and killed two fishermen near Aqaba.

• May 26, 1958 - Four Israeli police officers were killed in a Jordanian attack on Mount Scopus, in Jerusalem. At 1654 Local time Lieutenant-Colonel Flint of the Mixed Armistice Commission was killed apparently by a single sniper round while trying to evacuate the dead and wounded Israelis from an Israeli police patrol. The Israeli police patrol was on a disputed route past the al-Issawiya village in the Jordanian controlled area of Mount Scopus.

• Nov 17, 1958 - Syrian terrorists killed the wife of the British air attaché in Israel, who was staying at the guesthouse of the Italian Convent on the Mt. of the Beatitudes.

• Dec 3, 1958- A shepherd was killed at Kibbutz Gonen. In the artillery attack that followed, 31 civilians were wounded.

• Jan 23, 1959 - A shepherd from Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan was killed.

• Feb 1, 1959 - Three civilians were killed by a terrorist landmine near Moshav Zavdiel.

• Apr 15, 1959 - A guard was killed at kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

• Apr 27, 1959 - Two hikers were shot at close range and killed near Massada.

• Oct 3, 1959 - A shepherd from kibbutz Heftziba was killed near kibbutz Yad Hana.

• Apr 26, 1960 - Terrorists killed a resident of Ashkelon south of the city.

• Apr 12, 1962 - Terrorists fired on an Egged bus on the way to Eilat; one passenger was wounded.

• Sept 30, 1962 - Two terrorists attacked an Egged bus on the way to Eilat. No one was wounded.

• May 31, 1965 - Jordanian Legionnaires fired on the neighborhood of Musrara in Jerusalem, killing two civilians and wounding four.

• June 1, 1965 - Terrorists attack a house in Kibbutz Yiftah.

• Sept 29, 1965 - A terrorist was killed as he attempted to attack Moshav Amatzia.

• Nov 7, 1965 - A Fatah cell that infiltrated from Jordan blew up a house in Moshav Givat Yeshayahu, south of Beit Shemesh. The house was destroyed, but the inhabitants were unhurt.

• Apr 25, 1966 - Explosions placed by terrorists wounded two civilians and damaged three houses in moshav Beit Yosef, in the Beit She'an Valley.

• May 16, 1966 - Two Israelis were killed when their jeep hit a terrorist landmine, north of the Sea of Galilee and south of Almagor. Tracks led into Syria.

• July 14, 1966 - Terrorists attacked a house in Kfar Yuval, in the North.

• July 19, 1966 - Terrorists infiltrated into Moshav Margaliot on the northern border and planted nine explosive charges.

• Oct 27, 1966 - A civilian was wounded by an explosive charge on the railroad tracks to Jerusalem.