Israeli authorities say that IDF soldiers ran into local militants and a battle erupted . Meir Pa'il told the Associated Press , " There was never a killing of such a degree . Nobody was murdered . I was there . I do n't know of any massacre . " On 15 December 1956 , the Special Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Covering the Period 1 November 1956 to mid-December 1956 was presented to the General Assembly of the United Nations . The report told both sides of the " Khan Yunis incident " . The Director 's notes also acknowledge a similar incident , the Rafah massacre , immediately following that city 's occupation . According to the UNWRA report , which put together what it considered a credible list of people executed on November 3 , some 275 were executed that day
Rafah massacre
Rafah massacre
Khan Yunis massacre