Editing Unit 101 (section)

===Qibya massacre===
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[[File:Qibya2.jpg|thumb|180px|Inhabitants of [[Qibya]] coming back to their village after the attack]]
Two months later, in October, the unit was involved in the [[Qibya massacre|raid into the village of Qibya]] in the northern [[West Bank]], then a part of [[Jordan]]. During this operation that inflicted heavy damage on the [[Arab Legion]] forces in Qibya 42 villagers were killed, and 15 wounded.<ref>{{cite book |first=Benny |last=Morris |title=Israel's Border Wars, 1949–1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation and the Countdown to the Suez War |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1993 |pages=258–259 |isbn=0-19-827850-0}}</ref><ref name="razoux">{{cite book |first=Pierre |last=Razoux |title=Tsahal&nbsp;– Nouvelle histoire de l'armée israélienne |year=2006 |pages=125–127 |isbn=2-262-02328-X|language=fr}}</ref> According to [[United Nations]] observers, bullet-riddled bodies near the doorways and multiple bullet hits on the doors of the demolished houses indicated that the inhabitants may have remained inside until their homes were blown up over them.

The international outcry caused by the operation required a formal reply by Israel. The Israelis denied responsibility, claiming that Israeli settlers or a local [[kibbutz]] had carried out the raid on their own initiative.<ref>{{cite book|last=Maoz|first=Zeev|author-link=Zeev Maoz|title=Defending the Holy Land|date=2006|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0472115405|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=bWEV__6BYPgC&pg=PA236 236]|language=en}}</ref>