SIDI YOUSSEF

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pretty village border with the alger

Memory of the events of "Sakia Sidi Youssef" The events of the Wheel of Sidi Youssef, February 8, 1958 The events of the Wheel of Sidi Youssef, on the Algerian-Tunisian border, as a reaction to the Tunisian support for the Algerian revolution, in which many Algerian and Tunisian martyrs were killed. The Sakia is a witness throughout history that checkpoints and borders have never separated the two neighboring Muslim peoples, Tunisia and Algeria. The Sakiet Sidi Youssef is located on the Algerian-Tunisian border on the road leading from the city of Souk Ahras in Algeria to the city of El Kef in Tunis and is very close to the Algerian blacksmith city, which is administratively affiliated to the state of Souk Ahras, thus forming a strategic area for the units of the National Liberation Army located on the eastern border to use it as a rear base for treatment And receive the damaged. What made France resort to collective punishment by hitting the small border village The bombing was preceded by several French harassment of the village because it was a reception point for the wounded and damaged of the liberation revolution. Second, on January 30, 1958, after a French plane came under fire from the Algerian National Liberation Army to end the harassment with the brutal raid on 02/08/1958, one day after Robert Lacoste's visit to eastern Algeria Saturday, February 8, 1958 is a weekly market day in the village of Sakia Sidi Youssef. The French colonialist was not unaware of that when he chose this particular day to carry out his brutal aggression against this safe village. On that day, a significant number of Algerian refugees attended to receive some aid from the Tunisian Red Crescent and the International Red Cross. The surprise of all these defenseless civilians was great when squadrons of bombing and chasing aircraft stormed the village at around the eleventh hour. Dhaka started to crush them. The bombing targeted the al-Mandoubia house (al-Mutamadiyya), the primary school and other government buildings and hundreds of homes, as the chases pursued unarmed civilians fleeing their lives away from the village. The shelling continued for about an hour, which turned the village into ruin. The number of dead reached 68, including 12 children, most of them elementary school students, 9 women, and customs officials, while the number of wounded reached 87. As for the material losses, five civilian cars were destroyed, including trucks of the International Red Cross and the Tunisian Red Crescent. The following public buildings were destroyed: the Delegate House, the National Guard Center, the Customs Center, the Postal Administration, the Elementary School, the Forest Department and the Mine Administration. The destruction of 43 shops and 97 homes. The delegate of the Red Cross (Hoffman) was present at the Sakiet Sidi Youssef during the bombing. He and his assistants arrived at about ten o'clock to distribute food and other aid to Algerian refugees. He was visiting the refugee shelter with the accredited when the bombing happened. In his testimony, he stated that the French bombers that attacked and destroyed the water wheel also destroyed the freight vehicles of the Red Cross ... which are four vehicles: three vehicles, including the Swiss Red Cross and one belonging to the Tunisian Red Crescent, all loaded with clothes intended for distribution. Newspapers around the world condemned this brutal aggression, and France's harvest from this process was the international community’s condemnation of this heinous crime. In addition to this heinous crime, the French occupation at that time attempted: Recruiting a massive military force and seeking the help of NATO and mercenaries from other countries (the foreign group). The use of all weapons, including prohibited weapons such as naplem. Creation of forbidden areas in the Algerian countryside. Following a policy of repression and collective arrest.

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