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Suez Crisis: During an invasion of Rafah, Israeli soldiers shot and killed an estimated 111 Palestinian refugees and local inhabitants.
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1956 British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt
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Rafah
Palestinian city in southern Gaza Strip
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1956 Rafah massacre
Israeli killing of Palestinians in the Suez Crisis
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