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The raid at Qibya took place on the evening of October 14, 1953. It began with an artillery barrage at the village until Israeli troops reached the outskirts of the village. Landmines were laid out on roads to prevent Jordanian troops from joining the fight. When the village had been cleared of resistance, Israeli soldiers laid explosives around many of the houses and blew them up after calling for residents to evacuate. At dawn the operation was considere ...

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The attack was the result of escalating border clashes which had begun almost immediately after the signing of the armistice in 1949. The state of Israel was confronted by a wave of Palestinian infiltrations. The Jordanian Arab Legion proved unwilling or unable to stop many infiltrations. In 1951, 137 Israelis, mostly civilians, were killed by such infiltrators. The following year, the death toll was 162. In 1953, 160 Israelis were killed. On October 12, 1953, an unarmed Jewish mother and her two children were killed in a raid by Jord ...

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The word unit means any of several things: Unit of measurement, a fundamental quantity of measurement Units (computer program), a popular program that does unit conversion Functional unit, a component of a computer system such as the CPU Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation Multiple unit, a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, a fictional entity in the Doctor Who t

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Ariel "Arik" Sharon ▶ (help·info) (Hebrew: אריאל שרון) (born February 27, 1928) is the eleventh and current Prime Minister of Israel, serving from March 2001. A long-serving Israeli political and military leader, he was a founding member and former head of the Likud party, and previously served for over thirty years in the Israeli Defense Forces, rising to the rank of Major General, and achieving fame within Israel for his actions in the 1967 Six Day ...

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• Ariel Sharon - Gaza evacuation
• Ariel Sharon - Founding of Kadima
• Ariel Sharon - Health problems

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Initially, via the media, the Israeli public was left unaware of the attack. On October 19, Ben-Gurion claimed that the raid had been carried out by Israeli civilians. "None deplores it more than the Government of Israel, if ... innocent blood was spilled ... The Government of Israel rejects with all vigor the absurd and fantastic allegation that 600 men of the IDF took part in the action ... We have carried out a searching investigation and it is clear beyond doubt that not a single army unit was absent from its base on the night of the attack on Qibya." (Statement by Prime ...

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History of the Israel Defense Forces - Before 1948. Following the 1947 UN Partition Plan which divided the British Mandate of Palestine, the country became increasingly volatile and fell into a state of civil war between the Jews and Arabs. In accordance with Plan Dalet the Haganah tried to secure the areas alloted to the Jewish state in the partition plan and the blocks of settlements that were in the area alloted to the Arab state. History of the Israel Defense Forces - The first Arab-Israeli w ...

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101 is the 26th prime number and a palindromic number (therefore also a palindromic prime). The next prime is 103, with which it comprises a twin prime (making 101 a Chen prime). Because the period length of its reciprocal is unique among primes, 101 is a unique prime. 101 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n − 1. 101 is the sum of five consecutive primes (13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29). Given 101, the Mertens function returns 0. 101 is the fifth alternating factoria ...

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101 number, 101 number - In mathematics, 101 number - In astronomy, 101 number - In other fields

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Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) Australian Special Air Service Regiment Subsidiary units Tactical Assault Group (West) (TAG West)- A Squadron Special Air Service Regiment tasked with Counter-terrorism operations for the Western region of Australia (the SAS's squadrons rotate through this role. Australian commandos 4th (Commando) Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR [Cdo]) Tactical Assault Group (East) (TAG East)- A Company of 4th Battalion (Com ...

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The Israeli government has accused the Arab governments of supporting and sponsoring the infiltrations, as a means to bring about the collapse of the recently created Israel. The Egyptian formal adoption of the Fedayeen in 1954 seems to support this claim; moreover, Israel points out that after its retaliatory operations, the Arab countries managed to significantly decrease the number of infiltrations by deploying on the borders and by other measures. The non-prevention of armed infiltration (even of non-governmental forces) over an agreed border is widely considered an act of war; therefore Israel ...

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Palestinian immigration Israel, Palestinian immigration Israel - Arab governmental responsibility, Palestinian immigration Israel - Sources

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The unit was kept top-secret during its initial years. Fighters and commanders were selectively hand-picked, based on personal acquaintances and family members of existing members (two of Netanyahu's brothers also served in the unit, for example). Since the 1980s, while still secretive, the unit opened to voluntary recruits. Twice a year it holds a notoriously gruelling selection camp (Gibush) for potential recruits lasting several sleepless days. The recruits are constantly monitored by doctors and psychologists. Those who make it ...

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Sayeret Matkal, Sayeret Matkal - Recruitment and training, Sayeret Matkal - Notable former Sayeret Matkal figures, Sayeret Matkal - Known operations

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When Sharon joined Begin's government he had relatively little political experience. He avoided Begin's Herut party in the 1940s and 1950s and seemed to be personally devoted to the ideals of Mapai, and then Labor. However, after retiring from military service, Sharon was instrumental in establishing the Likud in July 1973. The Likud was comprised of Herut, the Liberal Party and independent elements. Sharon became chairman of the campaign staff for the elections which were scheduled for November 1973. But two and a half weeks after the start ...

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Rafael Eitan - Early battles. Eitan was a junior officer in the elite Palmach strike force and took part in the Israel's War of Independence. He fought in Jerusalem and received a head wound in the battle for the San Simon Monastery in April 1948. Later he served with the 10th Infantry Battalion in the Lachish-Negev region. In 1954, Captain Eitan became commander of a Paratroops company in Unit 101. During Operation Kinereth in 1955 he received a machinegun wound to his chest, wh ...

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Law Enforcement Agencies - Serbian Ministry of internal affairs Specijalna Antiteroristička Jedinica, Special Antiterrorism Unit (SAJ) Žandarmerija, Gendarmerie Jedinica za Specijalne Operacije, Unit for Special Operations - shutdown in 2003 after some of it's members had been accused of assassination of then prime minister Zoran Djindjic Military Units - Army of Serbia and Montenegro 63. padobranska brigada, 63rd parachute bri ...

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After his retirement from the army, on April 1983, Eitan entered politics. He had the image of the sabra Israeli who connected to his roots and to the land. His background in agriculture and hobbies such as wood work and flight contributed to this image, which attracted many in the Israeli public. Eitan was considered to be a conservative advocating repressive policies toward the Palestinians. On April 12, 1983 Eitan told Israel Radio that Palestinians who endanger cars on the road should be treated aggressively and their freedom of movement should be narrowed until they ...

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Because of waves of terrorist attacks (most notable is the road massacre of 37 civilians) coming from the PLO in Lebanon, the IDF undertook Operation Litani, a wide-ranging and thorough anti-terrorist operation which included occupying part of Southern Lebanon in 1978. ...

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History of the Israel Defense Forces, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Timeline and major events, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Before 1948, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The first Arab-Israeli war, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1949-1956, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1956 Sinai campaign, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1956-1966, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1967 Six-Day War, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1968-1970 War of Attrition, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1973 Yom Kippur War 1973, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1974-1978, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1978 Operation Litani, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1979-1981, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1982 Operation Peace for Galilee, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Appendices, History of the Israel Defense Forces - List of Chiefs of the General Staff, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Other famous generals and soldiers

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In the 1956 Suez War (the British "Operation Musketeer"), Sharon commanded the 202nd Brigade and was responsible for taking ground east of the Sinai's Mitla Pass and eventually taking the pass itself. Having successfully carried out the first part of his mission (joining a battalion paratrooped near Mitla with the rest of the brigade moving on ground), Sharon's unit was deployed near the pass. Neither reconnaissance aircraft nor scouts reported enemy forces inside the Mitla Pass. Sharon, whose forces were initially heading east, away from th ...

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Sharon was born Ariel Scheinermann February 27, 1928 to a Jewish father of German-Polish origin, Shmuel, and a Jewish mother, of Russian origin, Dvora (Vera) , in Kfar Malal, in the British Mandate of Palestine. Sharon's parents were Second Aliyah veterans, that is, socialists with a secular worldview, but with a willingness to both compromise and fight. They were not afraid to go against their neighbors' prevailing views: The Scheinermans' eventual ostracism... followed the 1933 Arlozorov murder when Dvora and Shmuel ...

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The Mitla incident hindered Sharon's military career for several years. In the meantime, he occupied the position of an infantry brigade commander and received a law degree from Tel Aviv University. When Yitzhak Rabin (who within a few years became associated with the Labour Party) became Chief of Staff in 1962, however, Sharon began again to rise rapidly in the ranks, occupying the positions of Infantry School Commander and Head of Army Training Branch, eventually achieving the rank of Major General (Aluf). In the 1967 Six-Day War, S ...

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During the 1982 Lebanon War, while Ariel Sharon was Defense minister, the Sabra and Shatila massacre took place, in which between 460 and 3,500 Palestinian civilians in the refugee camps were killed by Lebanese Christian forces under the command of Lebanese Maronite Phalange militia. The Security Chief of the Phalange militia, Elie Hobeika, was the ground commander of the militiamen who entered the Palestinian camps and killed the Palestinians. The Phalange had been sent into the camps to clear out PLO fighters, and Israeli forces had been s ...

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Ariel Sharon, Ariel Sharon - Early life, Ariel Sharon - Mitla incident, Ariel Sharon - Six-Day War and Yom Kippur War, Ariel Sharon - Sabra and Shatila massacre, Ariel Sharon - Political career, Ariel Sharon - Gaza evacuation, Ariel Sharon - Founding of Kadima, Ariel Sharon - Health problems

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In 1979 the first Israeli-made Merkava Mk1 main battle tank entered into service. The tank was fully developed and manufactured by Israel and exceeded the enemies' tanks in every parameter. It first saw active service in Lebanon and proved to be great success. In 1979 the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty was signed, when Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat agreed on peace in return for Israel giving the entire Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. The peace agreement, still valid today, closed the bitter s ...

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History of the Israel Defense Forces, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Timeline and major events, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Before 1948, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The first Arab-Israeli war, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1949-1956, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1956 Sinai campaign, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1956-1966, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1967 Six-Day War, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1968-1970 War of Attrition, History of the Israel Defense Forces - The 1973 Yom Kippur War 1973, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1974-1978, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1978 Operation Litani, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1979-1981, History of the Israel Defense Forces - 1982 Operation Peace for Galilee, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Appendices, History of the Israel Defense Forces - List of Chiefs of the General Staff, History of the Israel Defense Forces - Other famous generals and soldiers

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