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Operation Black Arrow was part of an intensification of tensions between Egypt and Israel resulting from Egypt’s occupation of the Gaza Strip and attendant support for the Palestinian cause. The action of 28 February 1955 contributed to Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal and blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba. The operation itself was in response to the Egyptian sponsorship of Palestinian operations against Israel from Gaza; 150 paratroopers attacked an Egyptian military base near the city, killing 38 Egyptian soldiers. Operation Black Arrow was the first of a number of damaging Israeli raids against Egypt in Gaza throughout 1955. These events would in turn contribute to Israel’s invasion of the Sinai Peninsula in 1956.
[Cairo?: Egyptian Government, 1955] countdown to the suez crisis
First and only edition of this striking Egyptian propaganda piece about the Israeli operation at Gaza, codenamed Operation Black Arrow. This collection of graphic photographs was distributed by Egyptian embassies in a number of western countries, including the UK, West Germany, and the United States. A scarce piece of ephemera, WorldCat records only ten holdings, none in the Middle East.
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