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This day in 1985

Tunisian Marine Corps

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Operation Wooden Leg (Hebrew: מבצע רגל עץ‎, Mivtza Regel Etz) was an attack by Israel on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) headquarters in Hammam al-Shatt, Tunisia, 12 miles from the capital of Tunis. It took place on October 1, 1985.
Casualties
100-271 dead, around 215 of them were Tunisian civilians who were killed and about 100 wounded.
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Executed by Eight F-15 Eagles
Outcome The United Nations Security Council Resolution 573 (1985) the Security Council voted (with the United States abstaining) to condemn the attack on Tunisian territory as a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and considered that Tunisia had the right to appropriate reparations

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