Ras Sedr massacre

Ras Sedr massacre
Part of the Six-Day War
Ras Sedr
LocationRas Sedr, Egypt
Date8 June 1967
Attack type
Massacre, mass murder
Deaths49–52+ Egyptian prisoners of war
Perpetrator Israel Defense Forces

Ras Sedr massacre (Hebrew: טבח ראס סודר; Arabic: مجزرة رأس سدر) was a mass murder of at least 52 Egyptian prisoners of war that took place immediately after a paratrooper unit of the Israel Defense Forces conquered Ras Sedr in the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967 during the Six-Day War.