In itself it was indicative of the growing anarchy in Algeria. The "Ben M'hidi" base contained some ten thousand people, including refugees and a hospital centre equipped by Yugoslavia and East Germany and well marked by a red cross. With unfortunately directed aim, bullets from the T.6s killed a wounded man actually on the operating table and a nurse tending him. Three others in the base were slain and several wounded. The raid bore a close resemblance to the Sakiet raid of 1958, which had had so profound an influence on the course of the war. This time, however, the F.L.N. gritted its teeth and with remarkable restraint said nothing — at least for the time being.

XREF: The 1958 Sakiet raid's profound influence on the Algerian war's course connects to broader patterns of how single military events can shift political dynamics.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1565