Original sentence: According to David Tal, the raid was the first of Israel's reprisal raids against Jordan that was against a military target.The raid was stated to be in retaliation for a massacre of 11 Israelis at Maaleh Akrabim
Edited sentence: According to David Tal, the raid was the first of Israel's many reprisal raids against Jordan that was against a military target.The raid was stated to be in retaliation for a massacre of 11 Israelis at Maaleh Akrabim, though Israel had evidence that the infiltrators had come from Gaza