There were signs that Israel was planning even more aggressive action to crush the 27-month-old uprising.
Eventually the army intervened and killed hundreds of people while crushing the uprising.
However, the government managed to rally loyalist troops and quickly crushed the uprising.
The Government delayed plans to crush the uprising in an effort to avoid bloodshed.
But then, in November of 1956, the Soviets crushed the uprising.
The military violently crushed the uprising, leaving behind an estimated 3,000 people dead.
Before a month passed, the colonial government organized the forces necessary to crush the uprising.
Instead, the battalion, based 55 miles from the scene of the fighting, was airlifted there and took the lead in crushing the uprising.
The proceedings are the first against those suspected of trying to crush the uprising before it spread across the country.
They then return home to crush the uprising by the rival Taphians.