Bahr el-Baqar massacre

Bahr el-Baqar massacre

Bahr el-Baqar Massacre was an incident during the War of Attrition, where the Israeli airforce carried out a raid on the Egyptian village of Bahr el-Baqar, south of Port Said, in the eastern province of Sharqiyya, the raid resulted in the destruction of a school full of school children.

The Attack

The attack was carried out by Israeli airforce F4 Phantom II fighter bombers, at 9.20 am on Wednesday 8th April, 1970. Five bombs and 2 air-to-ground missiles struck the single-floor school, which consisted of 3 classrooms. [ [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/17/1st.draft/pravda.html CNN Cold War - First Draft: Pravda] . Retrieved on 2007-10-18.] [Hammad, Gamal. [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1998/398/oct22.htm Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, 8 - 14 October 1998, Issue No.398] . Retrieved on 2007-10-18] [ [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/462/1960.htm Al-Ahram Weekly, 30 Dec. 1999 - 5 Jan. 2000, Issue No. 462] . Retrieved on 2007-10-18] [ [http://www.palestine-encyclopedia.com/EPP/Chapter31.htm Chapter: Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem] . Retrieved on 2007-10-18]

Casualties

Of the 130 school children who attended the school, 46 were killed, and over 50 wounded, many of them maimed for life.The school itself was completely demolished. [ [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/17/1st.draft/pravda.html CNN Cold War - First Draft: Pravda] . Retrieved on 2007-10-18.] [Hammad, Gamal. [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1998/398/oct22.htm Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, 8 - 14 October 1998, Issue No.398] . Retrieved on 2007-10-18] [ [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/462/1960.htm Al-Ahram Weekly, 30 Dec. 1999 - 5 Jan. 2000, Issue No. 462] . Retrieved on 2007-10-18] [ [http://www.palestine-encyclopedia.com/EPP/Chapter31.htm Chapter: Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem] . Retrieved on 2007-10-18]

Israeli claims

The Israelis claimed that they believed the school was a military installation.Time magazine, June 1, 1970. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878279-1,00.html] ]

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