1983 West Bank fainting epidemic
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The 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic occurred in late March and early April 1983 and was brought on by mass hysteria. Fainting and dizziness were complained of by large numbers of Palestinian teenage girls, most schoolgirls, and a smaller number of female Israeli soldiers in multiple West Bank towns, leading to 943 hospitalizations.
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See also
- Children in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Poison affair
- Mass hysteria
- Tanganyika laughter epidemic
- Media coverage of the Arab–Israeli conflict
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