Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Hafiz Darwish, the head of Egyptian Military Intelligence on Israel and in the Gaza Strip, is authorized by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser to form a fedayeen (commando) brigade that becomes known as the “Mustafa Hafiz Fedayeen.” The brigade carries out a series of crossborder attacks causing significant losses for Israel.  On the 12th of July 1956, Israel assassinates Hafiz by an explosive device hidden in an envelope.