1974 Beit She'an attack

1974 Beit She'an attack
The attack site
Native nameהפיגוע בבית שאן (1974)
LocationBeit She'an, Israel
Date19 November 1974 (1974-11-19)
Attack type
Mass shooting, kidnapping
WeaponsAK-47 rifles, grenades, bombs and axes
Deaths4 Israeli civilians (+3 Palestinian attackers)
Injured20+ Israeli civilians
PerpetratorDemocratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

The 1974 Beit She'an attack, which took place during 19 November 1974, was a raid by a squad of three Palestinian militants, belonging to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine militant organization, on the Israeli city of Beit She'an.

Four civilians were killed during the event and more than 20 civilians were injured. The three attackers were killed by responding Israeli special forces. The incident became notorious after an enraged mob of Israeli civilians that the army and police failed to control burned the bodies of the militants.