Israel Attacks As-Samu

Date: November 13, 1966 • Location: Al Karāmah, Jordan

In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.

Fatah, officially the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is a Palestinian nationalist and social democratic political party. It is the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the second-largest party in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, is the chairman of Fatah.