British and French Troops Invade Canal Zone

Israeli paratroopers are air-dropped east of the Suez Canal, near the Mitla Pass.

Israeli border police killed Palestinian citizens of Israel in Kafr Qasim while a curfew was being imposed.

After sending "ultimatums" to both Egypt and Israel, Britain and France embark upon a bombing campaign against Egypt, carried out at first by bombers and later supplemented by warships in the...

After the UN Security Council was unable to resolve the "Suez crisis", due to the use by the United Kingdom and France of their veto power, the General Assembly invokes the "Uniting for Peace"...

The GA emergency session creates theUN Emergency Force (UNEF) to secure and supervise the cessation of hostilities in accordance with Resolution 997.

Soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin threatens to intervene in support of Egypt, accusing Israel of supporting European colonialism and chastising French prime minister Guy Mollet, a socialist, for his...

The GA emergency session once again calls upon Israel to withdraw immediately all its forces behind the armistice lines and upon Great Britain and France to withdraw immediately all their forces...

The GA regrets the non-compliance of France, Great Britain and Israel to resolutions 997 (ES-I) and 1002 (ES-I) of 2 and 7 November 1956, reiterates its call and requests the Secretary-General to...

The Director of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East sends the UN General Assembly a special report on the emergency actions taken by UNRWA as a result of Israel's...

Palestinians in Israel stage a general strike in Nazareth, Acre, Haifa, Ramla, and many villages including Rama, Arraba, Sakhnin, Sulam, Shafa Amr, al-Taybeh, al-Tira, Tamra, Kafr Yasif, and Umm...