On December 15 , 1956 , the Special Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ( UNRWA ) Covering the Period 1 November 1956 to mid-December 1956 was presented to the General Assembly of the United Nations . The report , acknowledging the circumstances surrounding the slayings were questionable , reports a total of 111 casualties of the November 12 screening . This included 103 refugees , seven local residents , and one Egyptian . According to the Palestinian version , 197 were killed and a further 23 had disappeared . Israeli officers told UNRWA that the attitude towards the screening was " hostile , " and a resistance to the operation by refugees was responsible for the casualties among their ranks . The Director 's notes also discuss the Khan Yunis massacre , a similar screening operation in the village of Khan Yunis which had allegedly resulted in the deaths of at least 275 Palestinians eight days prior to the incident at Rafah
Khan Yunis massacre
Khan Yunis massacre
Rafah massacre