Collection of Press Photographs – "Reprisal Operations" – Unit 101 – Israel, 1950s and 1960s

Collection of Press Photographs – "Reprisal Operations" – Unit 101 – Israel, 1950s and 1960s
95 photographs documenting the "Reprisal Operations" by IDF carried out during the 1950s-60s.
During the 1950s-60s IDF assaulted bases and settlements from which came Fadayeens who infiltrated Israeli areas. The operations were a response to assassinations by the Fadayeens and their goal was to create deterrence and prevent future attacks. The photographs document different operations: "Operation Shoshana" in Qibya (October 1953), "Operation Samaria" in Qalqiliya (October 1956), "Operation Zuk Sela" in Khirbet Shuna (May 1956), The operation in the village Samu in Mount Hebron (November 1966) and other operations.
Most photographs portray soldiers on their way to operations, during operations or upon return. Among the photographs: * Photographs of the villages Qibya, A-Samu and Shuna demolished after attacks. * Several aerial photographs, among them one depicting the destruction in the village of A-Samu after an operation by IDF and a photograph showing the downing of a Jordanian military fighter aircraft during the raid on the village A-Samu. * A group photograph portraying the Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan with Unit 101 fighters: Ariel Sharon, Meir Har-Zion, Dany Matt, Raphael Eitan and others, one day after "Operation Egged", October 1955. * And more.
Most photographs are titled and dated by hand on verso; press information labels are attached to several photographs (English); Attached to several other photographs are printed titles in Hebrew, and on some others appear drawn titles for the press; part of the photographs are stamped with military censorship authorization ink-stamp on verso, and others are stamped "forbidden to publish"; part of the photographs are ink-stamped with photographer's stamp on verso.
Among the photographers and news agencies: Avraham Vered, "Newsphot Ltd", "Sela", Shmuel Shacham, Paul Goldman, and more.
Enclosed: five printed paper maps indicating the location of the operations and the movement of IDF forces during the operations.
Approx. 13X9 to 24X16 cm. Good overall condition. Folding marks. Stains. Defects. Creases. Some photographs arecut. Tears and open tears to a number of photographs. Inscriptions on several photographs.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.