 On the night of 25 September, following a number of incidents including the machine-gunning of large gathering at Ramat Rachel in which four Israelis were killed, and the murder of a girl southwest of Jerusalem, the 890th Battalion attacked the Husan police station and nearby Arab Legion positions close to the armistice lines.Thirty-seven Legionnaires and National Guardsmen were killed as well as two civilians.Nine or ten paratroopers were killed, several in a road accident after the attack.