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In November 1966, an Israeli strike on Al-Samu' village in the Jordanian-controlled West Bank killed 18 people and wounded 54.

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Core facts (date, location, perpetrator) confirmed across Wikipedia, Grokipedia, and academic sources. Death toll of ~18 is well corroborated, but wounded figure varies (54 vs 96 depending on source and whether civilians are included). [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable] [kind-backfill 2026-09-15: kind=empirical eligibility=high]

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