Samu Incident / Operation Shredder

clipped from en.wikipedia.org The operation is considered to have led to the Six-Day War of 1967 along with many other factors. The Samu Incident refers to events centered around an Israeli military operation on November 13, 1966, when the Israeli Defense Forces entered the southern Jordanian-controlled West Bank in response to Fatah attacks against Israelis near the West Bank border. It was the largest Israeli military operation since the 1956 Suez Crisis. Israel's goal in the operation was to demolish houses in Palestinian villages located south of Hebron for aiding and providing a safe-haven for Fatah and other PLO militants. Israel hoping then, that the residents of those villages would appeal to King Hussein to tame Fatah and other Palestinian militant groups. Israel also aimed at warning Jordan as well as Syria of its military strength without actually confronting the Jordanian Armed Forces. Operation Shredder 3 Operation Shredder