
Egyptian prime minister assassinated by Muslim Brotherhood.
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El Nokrashy Pasha was prime minister during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. His government managed Egypt's war effort, which ended in military defeat and the signing of armistice agreements with Israel in 1949.
Prime Minister Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha was assassinated by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood on December 28, 1948. The assassination was in retaliation for his government's crackdown on the Brotherhood, including the dissolution of the organization.
El Nokrashy Pasha ordered the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood and the seizure of its assets after the organization was implicated in violence and political unrest. This action escalated tensions between the government and the Brotherhood.
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