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MID#3230
Started in December 1956. See the narrative in the 651 Egypt/666 Israel dyad dispute
list.
MID#3231
Dispute Number: 3231
Date(s): August 13, 1959 to November 25, 1961
Participants: 666 Israel/663 Jordan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 26–100 deaths
Narrative: This dispute includes a series of border incidents between Israel and Jor-
dan beginning when an armed Jordanian was killed in a border clash with an Israeli
patrol on August 13, 1959. Two months later, on October 5, an Israeli patrol crossed
the armistice line and into Jordanian territory; a clash followed in which one Jorda-
nian was wounded. The following month a Jordanian patrol engaged Israeli smug-
glers, killing one. Three clashes occurred in February 1960 when Jordanian mounted
police crossed into Israeli territory. Israel fired on a Jordanian commercial plane in
March and forced it to land; both countries disputed over which territory the plane
was at the time of the incident. More clashes followed in the summer and October
1960, and fighting then broke out again in February 1961. These types of incursions
followed by clashes became almost routine with additional incidents following in
March, April, July, and August 1961.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from August 15, 1959; End Date changed from
August 20, 1961.
MID#1018
Dispute Number: 1018
Date(s): June 14, 1962 to July 4, 1962
Participants: 663 Jordan/666 Israel
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Israeli and Jordanian troops clashed in Jerusalem; three Israeli soldiers
were killed.
MID#1019
Dispute Number: 1019
Date(s): August 25, 1963 to September 5, 1965
Participants: 663 Jordan/666 Israel
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged fire in Jerusalem, killing one
Israeli soldier. Later, Israeli patrols twice crossed into Jordan, killing a Jordanian