campaign, Cold War

Operation Volcano

Name: Operation Volcano
Location: Nitzana, Israel

Operation Volcano was a campaign fought in 1955 at Nitzana, in what is now Israel. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Nitzana. It was part of the Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency. The recorded result: Israeli victory.

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Fought1955

WhereNitzana, Israel30.886N, 34.423E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeIsraeli victory

BelligerentsIsraelagainstEgypt

Casualties and losses6 killed and 37 woundedand81 killed and 55 captured. Large amount of weapons and ammunition

Part ofPalestinian Fedayeen insurgencyreprisal operations

Where it sits in the Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency

5 placed engagements of the Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1955 (year precision) to 1955
Place	Nitzana, Israel 30.886N, 34.423E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War
Territorial change	Israel annex Nitzana
Casualties and losses	6 killed and 37 wounded	81 killed and 55 captured. Large amount of weapons and ammunition
Commanders	Moshe Dayan Ariel Sharon Haim Ben-David

Placed at Nitzana; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of 'Auja 1948, same recorded site
Battle of Abu-Ageila 1967, 17 km W
Battles of Bir 'Asluj date unknown, 36 km E
Battle of El Buggar Ridge 1917, 37 km N
Battle of Magdhaba 1916, 38 km W

In the same war

After: Operation Black Arrow 1955
All 5 engagements of Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency

Elsewhere in 1955

Bombing of Plaza de Mayo Argentina
Battle of Yijiangshan Islands People's Republic of China
Battle of Saigon Vietnam
Battle of Philippeville Algeria
Battle of Dachen Archipelago People's Republic of China

Operation Volcano is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 179 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7097696, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Volcano (Israeli raid), revision 1370700771, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.