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soldier. In a third incident an Israeli patrol came under fire from a village in Jordan,
but it was not clear who was doing the shooting. This all occurred in the first two
months of the dispute, and these types of low-level, back and forth harassments and
reprisals continued for almost two more years.
Coding changes: End Date changed from October 29, 1963.
MID#3412
Started in August 1966. See the narrative in the 652 Syria/666 Israel dyad dispute list.
MID#1035
Started in December 1966. See the narrative in the 652 Syria/666 Israel dyad dispute
list.
MID#1067
Dispute Number: 1067
Date(s): July 15, 1967 to August 7, 1970
Participants: 666 Israel/663 Jordan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 101–250 deaths
Narrative: After the Six-Days War between Israel and Jordan in June 1967, Israel occu-
pied the West Bank along the Jordan River, forcing a large number of refugees to flee
to the East Bank. On July 15, 1967, Israel accused Jordanian troops of instigating three
small incidents across the Jordan River. At the same time, Jordanian ministers accused
Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement and instigating the clashes of July 15. A large
number of border and air clashes followed between July 1967 and August 1970.
In the early stages of the dispute, most of the incidents involved firing across the
Jordan River and smaller-scale artillery clashes across or near the river border. In late
1967, however, Israel began using jets to attack Jordanian posts in addition to the
cross-river gunfire clashes and artillery battles.
Occasionally, Israeli forces would cross the border to raid what they termed to be
“terrorist guerrilla” strongholds within Jordan as well. A number of deadly clashes
took place in 1969, with one incident involving a five-hour Israeli air raid on Jordanian
territory.
After continuous militarized action from 1967 to 1970, Jordan and Israel agreed to an
American-sponsored ceasefire on August 7, 1970. A short time after the implementation
of the ceasefire, Jordan reported an Israeli attack on a Jordanian base that was allegedly
connected to the Palestinian guerrillas, but neither Jordan nor international observers
classified this as a violation of the ceasefire agreement. Jordan’s King Hussein stated
when agreeing to the ceasefire that he could not be held responsible for the Palestinian
guerrilla activities within Jordan’s borders. King Hussein and Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat then met in late September 1970 to discuss the guerrilla issue within Jordan, and
the Jordanian army began offensives against the rebels in late 1970 and into 1971.