Ma'ale Akrabim massacre

Ma'ale Akrabim massacre
Part of Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
The bus after the incident
Location of the attack (Near the Ein Netafim spring, on Highway 12, Southern Israel)
Location	Scorpions Pass, south of Makhtesh Katan
Coordinates	30°54′24″N 35°07′53″E / 30.90667°N 35.13139°E / 30.90667; 35.13139
Date	16/17 March 1954 (IST, UTC +2)
Attack type	Ambush
Deaths	12
Injured	2

The Ma'ale Akrabim massacre, known in English as the Scorpions Pass Massacre, was an attack on an Israeli passenger bus, carried out on 17 March 1954, in the middle of the day. Eleven passengers were shot dead by the attackers who ambushed and boarded the bus. One passenger died 32 years later of his injuries, in a state of paralysis and partial consciousness. Four passengers survived, two of whom had been injured by the gunmen.