1952 barrel incident

Barrel incident
DateJune 4 – July 10, 1952
Location
Mandelbaum Gate and Jerusalem
Result

Barrel returned to Israel

  • Contents determined to be other than oil
  • Barrel unopened
Belligerents

UNTSO

 Jordan		  Israel
Commanders and leaders
Major General Bennett L. de Ridder
Commandant Delseries
Lieutenant General William E. Riley		 Lieutenant Colonel Ramati
Casualties and losses
UN MAC Headquarters taken (returned) 1 oil barrel seized (returned)

The barrel incident was a 1952 incident involving the UN HJK-I-MAC, Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It involved Israel allegedly smuggling weapons through Jordanian territory, violating the General Armistice Agreement by sending soldiers into no-man's land, and taking over the UN MAC headquarters with armed force.

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