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Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.

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Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing

1970 bombing of a school in an Israeli Air Force strike

The Bahr el-Baqar primary school in the Egyptian village of Bahr el-Baqar was bombed by the Israeli Air Force on 8 April 1970. Of the 130 children who were attending the school, 46 were killed and over 50 wounded. The school itself was completely demolished. A part of the War of…
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April 8

Day of the year

April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 267 days remain until the end of the year.
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