Israeli forces attacked Attack police stations , military targets including weapons caches and suspected rocket firing teams , as well as political and administrative institutions in the opening assault , striking Attack in the densely populated cities of Gaza , Khan Yunis and Rafah .

The Rafah massacre occurred Coming_to_be on November 12 , 1956 , during Israel 's occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Protectorate following the Suez Crisis .

As with the earlier Khan Yunis massacre , circumstances surrounding the events which led to Causation the deaths of approximately 111 residents of Rafah and the nearby refugee camp are highly disputed Quarreling , with Israel neither denying nor acknowledging any wrongdoing , while admitting Coming_to_believe that a number of refugees were killed Killing during a screening operation .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Rafa , also known as the Action of Rafah , fought Hostile_encounter on 9 January 1917 , was the third and final Process_end battle Hostile_encounter to complete Process_end the recapture Conquering of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign Military_operation of the First World War Military_operation .

The Desert Column of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) attacked Attack an entrenched Ottoman Army garrison at El Magruntein to the south of Rafah , close to the frontier between the Sultanate of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire , to the north and east of Sheikh Zowaiid .