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MID#3370
Dispute Number: 3370
Date(s): November 2, 1950 to April 4, 1951
Participants: 666 Israel/651 Egypt
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side A (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: As part of the general Arab boycott of Israel, Jordan began interfering
in Jewish convoys heading north of Jerusalem in November 1950. Israel protested.
Jordan responded by protesting the Israeli killing of two Arab children along
the Tel Aviv to Jerusalem highway in the armistice-established no-man’s-land
area. On November 29, there was an armed clash between Israeli and Jordanian
forces on the southernmost point of Israel at the head of the Gulf of Akaba. The
clash was a response to Jordanian efforts to stop Israeli convoys. On December
24, Israel began troop movements near the Egyptian-held Gaza Strip. Clashes
between Syrian and Israeli forces occurred on April 6, 1951. Syria appealed to
the United Nations for relief, while Egypt threatened force if the United Nations
did nothing.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 6, 1950; End Date changed
from April 7, 1951.
MID#3372
Dispute Number: 3372
Date(s): September 19, 1951 to April 1952
Participants: 666 Israel/651 Egypt
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: There were several cross-border incidents between Israel and Egypt in the
latter half of 1951 and early 1952. These included shows of force by both countries, a
seizure by Israel, and two incursions by Egyptian forces.
Coding changes: End Date changed from July 2, 1952. Outcome changed from Yield
by side B.
MID#3371
Dispute Number: 3371
Date(s): December 7, 1951
Participants: 651 Egypt/666 Israel
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Israeli police seized 1,251 cases containing 150,000 rounds of 20-millimeter
ammunition aboard a French vessel that was consigned to the Egyptian air force. Egypt
claimed there was a state of war with Israel, but Israel had never officially declared war.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from December 20, 1951. End Date changed from
December 20, 1951.