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11/13 JANUARY 1948
Two examples of attacks officially
recognized by Hagana have occurred during the past fortnight. The first began
at 1800 hours on Sunday, I 1 January ,when, following a day of almost continuous
sniping from the Romema area, a Hagana force took the matter into their own
hands and blew up the house of Haj Suleiman Heminie, the Mukhtar of Badr esh
Sheikh. The attack followed the usual line and a diversion was first made by
the throwing of a grenade into the house of Sa'ad, setting fire to a dry fodder
store, after which the main charge was laid and blown, killing one Arab and
completely demolishing the Mukhtar's house. The second occurred at 0100 hours
on 13 January when Hagana launched an attack on the Sheikh Jarrar Quarter of
Jerusalem in which, during the course of an hour, some twenty Arab houses in
the area were sufficiently seriously damaged to ensure the evacuation of the
residents. An interesting point about both of these attacks is that they demonstrate
conclusively the elastic interpretation with which Hagana endow their use of the word "defence." It
seems that in both cases, the continuous sniping suffered by the neighboring
Jewish quarters from these two areas was enough to induce them to break their
own order, namely, never to attack unless it is with the object of regaining
lost ground. It is extremely doubtful whether the Arab fire was so accurate
that the Jewish areas concerned were rendered completely untenable.
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12 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 0715 hours, Tel Aviv.
Whilst driving green W.D. 3-ton Dodge truck No. 5679568 along Dizengoff Street,
Moshe Zagagi of Tel Aviv, a driver employed by 478 Company, R.A.S.C., Sarafand,
was forced to stop by a truck which blocked the road. Some ten armed Jewish
youths approached, ordered him out of the vehicle, and took him to 261 Dizengoff
Street, where his work tickets were taken from him. After being kept there
for 30 minutes, he was taken to a nearby garden and released at 0820 hours.
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12 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 1 100 hours. On the roof
of his house at Wadi Salib, Mohammed El Baslis sustained three wounds from
bullets fired by unknown persons. His condition is serious.
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12 JANUARY 1948
Samaria. 1 130 hours, Tulkarm.
On her father's lands one kilo east of Ramat Hakovesh, Latifi bint Ibrahim
Abu Albi, aged 22, of Qalqiliya, was wounded in both legs by bullets fired
from the direction of a Jewish grove to the west. Her condition is not serious.
The area was searched with negative results.
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12 JANUARY 1948
1215 hours, 20 masked Jews armed
with revolvers and Stens stole LP 10,000 from Barclays Bank, Tel Aviv.
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12 JANUARY 1948
Gaza. 1300 hours. A Jewish convoy
passing through Burcir village encountered an Arab road block and persons in
the convoy opened fire. Two of the villagers were slightly wounded and several
animals were killed.
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12 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 15 15 hours, Hebron
Road. Near kilo 13 on the Jerusalem/Hebron Road, persons passing in a convoy
of Jewish vehicles fired at the Hebron bus, wounding Said Assad Nasr el Din
of Hebron in the left shoulder.
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12 JANUARY 1948
Gaza, 1530 hours.
Whilst walking on the main Khan Yunismafah road, near the track leading to
Khirbat Ma'in, Mohammed Masrallah Islayeh of Khirbat Ma'in was shot dead by
a number of armed persons, dressed in military uniform and believed to be Jews.
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12 JANUARY 1948
Shooting broke out in Beit Safafa
near Jerusalem and Jews burnt a flour mill. Military and Police restored order.
3 British soldiers seriously injured, 4 British soldiers slightly
injured; and 3 Arabs killed and 1 Arab slightly injured.
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13 JANUARY 1948
Between 0100 hours and 0200
hours, Jews fired Molotov cocktails on Sheik Jarrar quarter, Jerusalem.
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Lydda. 2100 hours, Tel Aviv.
Richard Martin, an Army Contractor from Sarafand Camp, was sitting in a cafe
at 44 Allenby Road when he was approached by three Jewish youths armed with
revolvers, who held him up, beat him, then stole his British passport, number
unknown, a War Department Pass to enable him to gain entrance to any military
camp in Palestine, and Browning automatic Pistol No. 701892 and 28 rounds of
.765 ammunition.
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13 JANUARY 1948
40 Stern members rob Barclays
Bank, Tel Aviv.
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14 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 0730 hours, Jaffa. Abdul
Fattah Hassan Khalil, an employee of the Palestine Railways, was shot and injured
in the foot while walking in Jaffa Railway Station. The bullet came from the
direction of a house occupied by Jews and situated north of the station. He
was removed to the Government Hospital, Jaffa. His condition is not serious.
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14 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 0730 hours, Rural.
A car of the Iraqi Consulate, Jerusalem, driven by Mohammed Ahmed el Haj Yusef,
accompanied by two of his female relatives Anisa Rashid (50) and Inshra Ahmed
El Talhami (20), was proceeding from Jerusalem to Hebron.
While passing Khader
village near Solomon's Pools at approximately kilo 17 on the Hebron Road, the
car was fired on by a party of approximately 30 armed Jews, some of whom were
dressed in military uniform, others in civilian clothes. The two ladies in
the car were injured and were conveyed to Beersheba where Inshra Ahmed El Talhami
was admitted to the Government Hospital in a serious condition. The other lady
was treated in the hospital, and then discharged. The driver was uninjured.
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14 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1000 hours, Jaffa. Two
unidentified Arabs were shot and killed by unknown persons in Arlin Street,
Manshieh Quarter.
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14 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1430 hours, Rehovoth.
Between kilo 6 and 7 on the RishonBeit Dajan Road, a military 3-ton Dodge truck
driven by David Abramovitz of Na'an Colony employed by 478 Coy., R.A.S.C.,
Sarafand, was stopped by six armed Jews. They placed the driver in the back
of a 15 cwt truck and stole his vehicle. The driver was released at 1730 hours,
at the spot where he had been held up. He reported to police but states that
he cannot remember the number of his truck. He has been detained.
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14 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1445 hours,
Jaffa. An armoured car went to the Manshieh Quarter to investigate an explosion.
While proceeding along Station Road, the car was fired upon by Jews armed with
a Bren gun from the direction of Suk El Yahud. The car then turned into Suk
El Yahud and was again fired upon by a large number of Jews who were observed
climbing over walls in an attempt to escape. A number of grenades were thrown.
Police then opened fire on them with unknown results. The Jews then made off
in the direction of the Shebazi Quarter. The car withdrew but returned a few
moments later and was again fired on. Reinforcements were requested, and other
cars proceeded to the scene; and at Shebazi Street, they, too, came under fire.
They returned the fire, and it is believed that one Jew was hit. The Jews then
evacuated the area, and all was quiet. There were no British casualties. CO
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14 JANUARY 1948
In the early evening of 14 January,
a series of very heavy explosions was heard in Jerusalem. They eventually proved
to be a Jewish attack on the Arab Quarter of Sheik Jarrar. In the "Palestine
Post" the following day, it was stated that the Stern Group had claimed
it as one of their operations and stated that they had blown up six houses,
including that of the Mukhtar.
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15 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 0630 hours, Urban. As
a number 5 Arab 'bus, en route from Kingsway to German Colony, passed through
Khamra Square and turned into Elijah Street, it was fired upon by unknown persons.
Persons in the 'bus returned the fire; and the crew of a passing police armoured
car, seeing two Arabs descend from the 'bus, one of whom was carrying a T.S.M.C.,
opened fire but both men escaped. Further automatic fire was directed at the
vehicle from a concealed point, and the driver carried on along Elijah Street
until he reached a military picket in Allenby Square where he stopped and casualties
were removed and taken to hospital. Casualties are as follows: Dead - One unidentified
Arab. Seriously injured - Saleh Mustafa Mohammed (20) of Nablus; Ibrahim Abed
Silwadi (19) of Nablus. Slightly injured - Irfein Hussein Arami (50) of Khamra
Square; Ibrahim Nasser Eamouni (17) of Carmal Station; Saoud Misa'al (46) of
Carrnel Station; Elias Shehadi Barn (24) of Shafa Amr; Hussein Mohammed Ahmed
(35) of Salah Ed Din Road; Ibrahim Said Abu Hattir (32) of Iraq Street. CO
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15 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 1115 hours, rural. Near
Kurdani village, a number 4 'bus travelling from Acre to Haifa was fired upon
by the occupants of a passing pick-up. Four Arabs were wounded; their conditions
are not yet known.
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15 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 1505 hours, Urban. Near
Shell Bridge, El Mayah bint Rajib Haim Hussein, aged 14, of Acre, was shot
and seriously wounded by unknown persons.
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15 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 1600 hours, Urban. In
Iraq Street, Yusef Salha of Acre Road was shot dead by unknown persons. CO
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15 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 1700 hours, Urban. In
St. George's Street, Naif Hussein, address and age unknown, was shot dead by
unknown persons.
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15 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. Afternoon, Urban. At
the junction of Nazareth Road/Saleh Ed Din Road, the undermentioned Arabs sustained
slight bullet wounds: Hamdi Ibrahim Awash (26) of Sa'adi lands; Fahmi Khalil
Hassan (40) of Yajur; Mahmoud Assad Abed (20) of Yajur; Abdulla Kassam Mohammed
(40) of Halissa Quarter; Sa'ada Mustafa Abdul Rahim (30) of Yajur.
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15 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 2200 hours, Urban. Between
Saleh Ed Din Road and Nazareth Road, Mustafa Abdulla Yassin, aged 20, of Haifa,
was shot in the face and seriously wounded.
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16 JANUARY 1948
Haifa.
0210 hours, Urban. A party of Jews attacked the Camel Station Quarter. They
set fire to No. 124, Jaffa Road and Jabour's Garage nearby. There were a
number of explosions, and heavy firing, but no casualties have been reported.
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16 JANUARY 1948
At 0215 hours, on the morning
of 16 January, three Haganah bombs, consisting of some 75 lbs. of explosive
each, almost entirely demolished three Arab houses which had been used by some
of the Iraqis who had infiltrated into the town of Haifa. A police armoured
car captured a civilian armoured lorry which contained three Jews, some weapons
and bloodstained blankets. It is thought that this lorry accompanied the Haganah
operators as an ambulance. There were in fact some Haganah casualties, although
the injured Jews were not captured. On the following night, some Haganah patrols
exchanged fire with Arabs in the German Colony.
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16 JANUARY 1948
0225 hours, 5 bombs thrown
from Jewish vehicle, Jaffa
road, Haifa, destroying Arab garage. 1 Arab injured.
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16 JANUARY 1948
0257 hours, explosion Saladin
road, Haifa, demolished house and blocked road. 2 Arab children killed, 7 Arabs
wounded and 2 Arabs missing.
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16 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 0600 hours, Rural.
A party of approximately 100 Jews, dressedin khaki uniforms, approached Surif
village from a westerly direction marching in military formation. They opened
fire on the village with Sten guns, Bren guns, and rifles. They remained in
position for approximately one and a quarter hours and fired some 500 rounds.
They then withdrew in the direction of Bethlehem. Six Arabs were injured and
removed to the Government Hospital, Beersheba.
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16 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 0900 hours, Rehovoth.
Near Qubeiba village, on the New Gaza Road, car No. M531X, driven by Ramadan
Hassan Abu Arrnama of Wadi Hunein, carrying labourers, was fired on by a number
of Jews armed with rifles and Sten guns. The following casualties resulted:
1) Khalil Hassan El Jessy of Hebron - dead; 2) Ibrahim Sulieman Nomober of
Wadi Hunein -serious; 3) Abed Abu Drabu of Wadi Hunein - serious.
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16 JANUARY 1948
Galilee. 1220 hours, Safad.
A taxi, driven and owned by Rader Deeb Khalil, was fired on by a party of Jews
in a grey pick-up, near Sammui (Safad). A passenger, Namat Said Nazali (12),
was killed. Her father, Said Nazal, who was also in the car was injured. The
body of the dead girl and the injured man were removed to the Government Hospital,
Safad. Said Nazal and his daughter are of Yweiya village, Lebanon. The Jews
used Bren and Sten guns.
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16 JANUARY 1948
House demolished in Haifa.
Casualties - 7 Arab children killed, 7 Arabs wounded. Hagana and 1 woman responsible,
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17 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1100 hours, Urban.
At Sheikh Jarrah, persons, believed to be Jews, directed fire at an Arab 'bus
entering Jerusalem. No. 31 19 F.P.C. Tewfik Nafie Mahmoud, a passenger, was
wounded in the head and died shortly after admission to the Government Hospital.
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17 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1320 hours, Urban.
Some 200 Jews gathered in Esh Sheikh Badr Quarter and were reported to be looting
Arab houses. An Arab tar store was found to be on fire, and at 1420 hours,
the crowd had been dispersed by police.
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17 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1430 hours, Rural.
Four trucks, containing armed Jews, which came from the direction of Artuf
Colony and had passed Artuf village, stopped at Ein Shemesh near Beit Jimal
village, and the occupants alighted. At approximately 15 15 hours, rifle and
Bren fire was heard from the direction of Deiraban. Six shots were fired as
a military patrol approached Ein Shemesh, bullets striking the road in front
of the vehicles. The fire was not returned, and the military returned to base.
Firing ceased at 1800 hours, and the trucks were seen returning towards Artuf
Colony.
At 1825 hours, it was reported from Hebron that Deiraban, Beit
Nattif and Zakariya villages had been surrounded by armed Jews.
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17 JANUARY 1948
During afternoon, 60 Jews attacked
Deiragan 151 127. 3 Arabs killed and 2 Arabs wounded.
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19 JANUARY 1948
Jewish terrorists appear to
have concentrated their attention on attacking defenseless women, children
and aged men. Under the cover of darkness at half past one in the morning of
Monday, 19 January 1948, about two hundred Jewish terrorists attacked Tamra
village near Acre, approaching it from a westerly direction. Bren guns and
hand grenades were used, causing damage to certain houses. Two Arabs were killed,
a woman of 70 years of age and two others were seriously wounded. United Nations
Security Council Official Records, Supplements - 1948.
19 JANUARY 1948
Galilee. 0300 hours, Acre.
The Northern part of Tamra village was attacked by some 200 armed Jews with
grenades and rifle fire. The attack lasted for some thirty minutes, and the
following casualties have been reported: Killed - 1) Mahmoud Kasim Haj Ayi
(45); 2) Amneh bint Haj Ali Mohammed (70). Seriously injured: 1) Mahmoud Ibrahim
Haj Ayi (30); 2) Yusef Ali Darwish (25).
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19 JANUARY 1948
Galilee. 0800 hours, Safad.
Near Ein Zeitun village, armed Jews attempted to hold up an Arab bus.
When
T.J.F.F. troopers arrived on the scene, the Jews retired towards Ein Zeitim
Colony. No shots were fired during the incident.
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19 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1140 hours, Ramle. As
a Ford truck with no number plates, carrying two Jews and a driver, passed
through Sarafand al Amar village, a bomb was thrown and fire from a Bren gun
was directed at Arabs at the roadside, causing the following casualties: Killed
- 1) Abdul Zaha Mohammed Shelgowi (22), an Egyptian (by bomb); 2) An unidentified
woman, aged 34 (by bomb); 3) An unidentified Arab girl, aged 12 - killed by
a bullet.
The two unidentified females are believed to have been visitors
to the village. At noon a Ford truck, ex W.D., with no number plates, which
is believed to be the one used in the above attack, was found on the Jaffa/Jerusalem
road approximately one kilo from the Jerusalem Gate to Sarafand Camp. The
vehicle had been burnt out and bore bullet holes. The area was searched for
several hours by police and military but no trace could be found of any occupants.
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19 JANUARY 1948
At 12:05 in the afternoon, three occupants of
a green painted Jewish pick-up car were on the Jaffa-Jerusalem road. As they
approached an Arab grove, they dropped a box on which was written "Soap" in
English. It exploded causing a large crater in the ground. Some of its splinters
killed a woman and a child instantly. Later the same car passed the patrons
of the coffee houses at Sarafand and its occupants fired three bullets and
hit Abed El-Zahir, Mohammed El- Ihirkawi, 23 years old, killing the latter.
Six other men were wounded and removed to hospital at Jaffa. A further attempt
was made to bomb a bus but the hand grenade did not explode.
United Nations
Security Council Official Records, Supplements - 1948.
19 JANUARY 1948
1600 hours, Urban. Following shooting
in Sheikh Jarrah Quarter, the body of Hassan Yassin of Beit Daqqa village
was found near Nashashibi corner. He had been shot.
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19 JANUARY 1948
1630 hours, Urban. A small bomb was
thrown into the area south of David Street in the Old City, causing no known
casualties. Police escorting Jews in the area saw three Jews and two Jewesses
walking from the Jewish Quarter towards that sector a short time previously.
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19 JANUARY 1948
1916 hours, Urban. Unknown persons,
believed Jews, cut off the electricity supply to a section of Romema and
directed Small Arms fire at the house of Mahmoud Omar Zein in the quarter.
The occupants escaped through a rear door, and the Jews placed a charge in
the building which exploded, demolishing half of it. No casualties have been
reported.
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20 JANUARY 1948
0710 hours, Yazur Village. A number
of grenades were thrown from a Jewish convoy while it was passing through
Yazur village. The grenades exploded causing no casualties, but a W.D. vehicle
was slightly damaged.
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20 JANUARY 1948
0800 hours, Acre. The following Arabs
were slightly injured when an acid bomb was thrown at them from a Jewish
vehicle which passed them while they were standing at the Nahari yamarshiha
road junction: Kanis Abed Nissi, Hamed Nassan Mahareh, Mahmoud Jamil Abu
Nattar - all of Nahr village. They were removed to the P.H.D., Acre.
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20 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 09 15 hours, Rural. Between kilo
127 and 128 on the Haifamel Aviv road, Mustafa Hassan El Jouhar, of Kabara
village, was shot by unknown persons. He was removed to the Government Hospital,
Haifa. His condition is stated to be serious.
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20 JANUARY 1948
1105 hours, Old City, Jerusalem, a party
of 5 Jews, of whom 2 were dressed as British Police, threw bomb and opened
fire on military and Arab stretcher bearers who were evacuating Jewish occupants
from the Home for Aged. Military returned fire. 2 British soldiers slightly
wounded, 1 Jew killed, and 3 Jews seriously wounded.
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20 JANUARY 1948
1430 hours, Jaffa. On the Manshieh
beach, Abed Mohammed Jerieh (25) and Khader Mohammed El Jaber (201, both
of Manshieh, were hit by bullets fired from the direction of Tel Aviv. The
first named was removed to the Government Hospital, Jaffa, but was found
to be dead on arrival. Jaber was admitted to the Dajani Hospital in serious
condition.
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20 JANUARY 1948
1630 hours, Jaffa. In Salameh Road,
a woman, Sisteh Nesrameh ( 3 3 , of Jaffa, was hit in the arm by a bullet
fired from the direction of Tel Aviv. She was admitted to the Government
Hospital, Jaffa. Her condition is not serious.
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21 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 0001 hours, Jaffa. A party of
Jews opened fire on the Municipal Slaughter House on the Jaffa/Jerusalem
road, causing no known casualties or damage. A quantity of first aid kit
and bottles containing what is believed to be an incendiary liquid were left
behind by the attackers.
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21 JANUARY 1948
0900 hours, Jaffa. Following a report
that armed Jews, who had arrived in a truck, had been seen digging holes
north of Jaffa Railway Station, police found four gun emplacements and an
unexploded mortar bomb.
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21 JANUARY 1948
1100 hours, Jaffa. Ten Arab houses in
Arlin Street were blown up by Jews, the explosions being followed by heavy
firing. No casualties have been reported.
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21 JANUARY 1948
Noon, Haifa. An Arab truck leaving
Haifa for Jenin was fired upon between Shell Bridge and Acre crossroads by
one of four Jews occupying a jeep which passed, travelling in the same direction.
SaidMahmoud AhmedEl Jamal of Ra'anana, one of the truck occupants, was killed.
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21 JANUARY 1948
Galilee. 1300 hours, Safad. An Arab
shepherd was grazing 300 sheep near Akbaravillage when approximately 20 armed
Jews approached from the direction of Jib Yosef colony and attempted to drive
away the sheep. The shepherd shouted for assistance and, when some of the
villagers appeared, the Jews made off, leaving the sheep and firing a number
of shots. The Arabs did not return the fire.
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21 JANUARY 1948
1538 hours, Urban. Two trucks carrying
an Arab family and their furniture were fired on by Jews at a road block
in Mea Shearim Street, and the following casualties resulted: Dead -Abed
Haj Shakar Shemekh (25) of Lifta; one unidentified Arab. Injured - Witold
Jurago, a Pole; Fahtmeh Mohammed Abed Shemekh of Lifta. Missing - Yunis Haj
Shaker Shemekh (12) of Lifta, Two other small boys were rescued by police.
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21 JANUARY 1948
1740 hours, Haifa. The wife of Sheikh
Radwan, finding two bombs in their house in the Ghazazeh Quarter, removed
them to the roadway where they were harmlessly detonated by military bomb
disposal personnel.
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21 JANUARY 1948
2100 hours, Nazareth. Tur'an village
was attacked by a truck-load of Jews armed with rifles and automatic weapons.
The attack lasted for half an hour but was repulsed by the Arabs. There were
no known Arab or Jewish casualties. The Jews withdrew when Arab reinforcements
arrived at the village. A police armoured car proceeding to the scene was
fired upon at the Sejera cross-roads, and police returned the fire with no
known results.
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21 JANUARY 1948
Jewish terrorists were seen trying
to enter certain Arab houses in the border area of Jaffa-Tel Aviv.
When the
Arab National Guards opened fire at them, they withdrew, but it appears they
had mined certain Arab houses, as suddenly explosions were heard and eleven
Arab houses blew up. The damage exceeded $200,000. United Nations Security
Council Official Records, Supplements - 1948.
21122 JANUARY 1948
Haifa District - Urban. On the night
of 21/22 January, I 1948, unknown persons broke into the ice cream factory
of Yacov Yaryista at 5, Nuns Street by forcing open padlocks on a door and
stole the refrigerator and machinery valued at LP. 2,000.
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22 JANUARY 1948
0800 hours, Beit Dajan. An Arab truck
conveying approximately 25 males and 25 females, proceeding from Beit Dajan
to Yazur for work in the orange groves, was fired on from a grove adjoining
Beit Shugelman, situated opposite the old Beit Dajan police station. Anumber
of persons in the truck were hit, but the driver, who was uninjured, carried
on to Yazur village where the military removed the casualties and conveyed
them to the Government Hospital, Jaffa. Details of the casualties are as
follows: Dead - 1) Yousef Mahmoud Abu Khalyon (50), of Ajami Quarter, Jaffa;
2) Safieh bint Jazieh (30), of Beit Dajan; 3) Mustafa Mohammed El Falougi
(19), of Beit Dajan. Seriously injured - 1) Hussein Mussa El Hanna (20),
of Beit Dajan; 2) Rabieh bint Ahmed Bishawi (12), of Beit Dajan; 3) Saidi
bint Mohammed Shelabieh (12), of Beit Dajan; 4) Safieh bint Mohammed Nadi
(14), of Beit Dajan; 5) Aishi bint Mohammed Shawish (16), of Beit Dajan;
6) Iritieh bint Khamis Mohammed (lo), of Beit Dajan. Not seriously injured
- 1) Othman Ahmed Kulab (20), of Sakhnat Darwish; 2) Ragheb Hussein Abdullah
(17), of Beit Dajan; 3) Kowther bint Abed El Khami (1 5), of Beit Dajan;
4) Khadijeh bint Mohammed Ayesh (13), of Beit Dajan; 6) Zarfeh bint Mahmoud
Barhoun (12), of Beit Dajan.
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22 JANUARY 1948
1100 hours, Bassa Lands, Jaffa. The
following persons were shot on BassaLands by Jewish snipers, believed to
have been positioned in the vicinity of the Spirit Factory in Abu Kebir on
the JaffaIJerusalem road: Dead - Sulieman Hassan Nattar (25), of Trans-Jordan.
Seriously injured - 1) Abdul Khadar Nattar (28), of Trans-Jordan; 2) Harned
Naher Saleh Tadder (25), of Trans-Jordan; 3) Mohammed Hajeh Hijaz, of Bassa;
4) Mohammed Zafer Hijazi, of Bassa.
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22 JANUARY 1948
1150 hours, Tel Aviv. Two Palestinian
Constables in Carrnel Market observed a crowd of Jews at the corner of Allenby
Road approach three persons whom it is understood the Jews took to be Christian
Poles. The Palestinian Constables endeavoured to assist the three persons
but were unable to do so, even after having fired three shots in the air.
One of the persons concerned, Shima Radovitz (23), was later admitted to
the Hadassah Hospital in a serious condition with bullet wounds in the stomach
and legs. Radovitz is a Yugoslavian Christian, and it is thought that the
other two people are also Yugoslavs. All three are believed to have come
from a ship which is now in Tel Aviv Port. No further details are at present
available.
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22 JANUARY 1948
1400 hours, Urban. In the Rehavia Quarter,
near the Military Courts, Yusef Isaac, an Arab of the Katamon Quarter, was
held up by five armed Jews who stole his car, detained in Rehavia by some
of the Jews until 1850 hours, when he was released.
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22 JANUARY 1948
1400 hours, Ramle. Approximately two
kilos from the Beit Dajan crossroads on the Rishon Road, an Arab truck was
fired on by unknown persons. The driver, Mohammed Mustafa Abu Duk (21), of
Jaffa, was killed. The truck was recovered by Police and taken to Beit Dajan
Police Station.
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22 JANUARY 1948
1540 hours, Tel Aviv. Ten Jews, armed
with revolvers and Sten guns, forced their way into the Survey Department
offices in Yehuda Halevi Street, Tel Aviv, while thirty other Jews guarded
the outside of the building. The four Jewish T.A.C.'s who were on duty were
disarmed. The raiders stole typewriters, tents, and survey equipment. They
were in the building for approximately half an hour and made their departure
in tmck No. M4963. Another truck No. M32IT, in which they had arrived at
the scene, was left behind. All the telephones in the building were disconnected
and before leaving, the Jews handed back to the T.A.C.'s their rifles which
they had taken from them.
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22 JANUARY 1948
1800 hours, Jaffa. The body of Abdul
Natif Omar (25), of Nablus, was admitted to the Government Hospital, Jaffa.
He had been shot dead by Jewish snipers near the Spirit Factory in the Abu
Kebir area.
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22 JANUARY 1948
Lydda District - Tel Aviv. At 6.30
p.m. on 22 January, 1948, unknown person stole black Austin private car No.
M 525 U, the property of Wolf Hopkin, from Tel Aviv.
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22 JANUARY 1948
2140 hours, Urban. In Khamra Square,
an Arab, Mohammed Ali, was shot by unknown persons. He was removed to the
Government Hospital, where his condition is stated to be serious.
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22 JANUARY 1948
Jews of Mique Israel 1297 1599 killed
1 1 Arabs in a vehicle approaching village. 11 Arabs killed.
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23 JANUARY 1948
1030 hours, Safad. In the Akrad Quarter
of Safad town, stones were thrown at a tender driven by Habib Daham, a Jew
of Safad,causing slight damage to the vehicle.
CO 537/3855
23 JANUARY 1948
1240 hours, 5 British soldiers of 1
Airborne Workshops Reme were in Millers Cafe Rehovoth 132144 and got held
up by 4 masked Jews armed with Sten and pistols. The Jews took away 3 Stens,
leaving behind 1 rifle and 1 pistol. The British soldier ran out after them
with rifle and shot one of the Jews dead. 3 Stens stolen. 1 Jew killed. .38
pistol and 1 Sten found with body. British soldier handed body and weapons
over to the police.
WO 261/573
23 JANUARY 1948
1320 hours, Urban. In Upper Lifta,
two unoccupied houses, the property of Haj Mohammed Ausyan and Haj Moussa
Ismail Ausyan, both of Lifta, were completely demolished by explosives which
had been placed against them by unknown persons, believed to have been Jews.
No casualties have been reported.
CO 537/3855
23 JANUARY 1948
1345 hours, Jaffa. At Salama village,
Sheikh Ibrahim Moghrabi, aged 21, of Salama, sustained severe bullet wounds
in the back when fired upon by Jewish snipers.
CO 537/3855
23 JANUARY 1948
1511 hours, Jaffa. Arab traffic was fired upon from one of the Miqveh Israel
Colony orange groves, and the fire was returned by the crew of an armoured
car. No casualties have been reported.
CO 537/3855
23 JANUARY 1948
1800 hours, Acre. At a level-crossing
one kilo north of Zeeb village, an armoured Jewish 'bus, which was part of
a convoy, collided with an Army water truck which was travelling in the opposite
direction. The driver of the 'bus, Eliahu Friedman of Nahariya, and two British
soldiers in the water tmck sustained slight injuries. The 'bus overturned
and the occupants, thinking that they were being attacked, opened fire, fatally
wounding Salim Mohammed Ahmed of Zeeb, who was standing near the scene. Investigations
are proceeding.
CO 537/3855
23 JANUARY 1948
Approximately 2 130 hours, Jaffa. A
military Bren-carrier patrol was fired upon from a Jewish-owned house at
the rear of the R.S.P.C.A. in Salameh Road. The fire was returned with no
known result. There were no British casualties.
CO 537/3855
23 JANUARY 1948
2200 hours, Rural. Near kilo 10 on
the JaffdJerusalem road, a party of Jews placed bombs in the house of Ohanis
Poutanjian Abu George, and an explosion occurred shortly afterwards,completely
demolishing the building. At the same time, Bren gun fire was directed at
Qastel village nearby. No casualties have been reported. At the scene, two
mortar shell caps and 100 expended .303 calibre cartridge cases were found.
The damage is estimated at LP. 2,500.
CO 537/3855
25 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 0900 hours, Ramle. At kilo 90
on the Kafr SabdQalqiliya Road, 20 armed Jews held up truck No. M 1459 driven
by Moussa Mohammed Abdul Rahman of KhirZionist Crimes and Terrorism in Palestine
1948 175 bet Arura. They stole the truck which was loaded with 150 cases
of oranges. The truck, a three-ton red colored Chevrolet, is still missing.
The driver reported the matter to the police.
CO 537/3856
25 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1145 hours, Jaffa. Two Arab
houses in Arlin Street, Manshieh Quarter, were blown up by Jews and completely
destroyed. No casualties have been reported.
CO 537/3856
25 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1220 hours, Ramle. At kilo 51
on the JaffaJJerusalem road, an Arab 'bus travelling from Jaffa to Ramle
stopped at the road leading to As Safiriya village to pick up a passenger.
As it stopped, a scare bomb was thrown and automatic fire was directed at
the vehicle by Jews from inside the perimeter of the nearby Jewish Agricultural
School, and the following casualties resulted: Dead - Mohammed Mahmoud Mitwalli,
an Egyptian aged 30. Seriously injured - Ibrahim Rakab Joharrah, aged 35
of Khan Yunis; Abdul Rahman Mahmoud Ahmed, aged 20 of Qusra. Fifteen expended
.455 calibre cartridges and fragments of a scare-bomb were found at the scene.
CO 537/3856
25 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1300 hours, Jaffa. The body of
Mohammed Khalil Khalaf, aged 20 of Manshieh Quarter, who is stated to have
been killed by a bomb thrown from the Manshieh Quarter during the morning,
was admitted to the Government Hospital, Jaffa.
CO 537/3856
25 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1700 hours, Jaffa. The following
casualties were caused when a bomb exploded in an Arab house in Jabaliya
Quarter: Dead - Shafic El Asfar (25); Sami El Asfar (30).
CO 537/3856
25/26 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. Midnight, Ramle. A party
of armed Jews attacked Yazour village. The villagers returned the fire. The
attack lasted approximately one hour. A house, the property of Ahrned Beisoni,
was blown up before the attackers withdrew.
CO 537/3856
26 JANUARY 1948
Galilee. 0600 hours, Tiberias. On Duweir
Abu Shushi lands, near Yakuk Colony, Skeikahu bint Abdullah Ogli (13) and
her mother were fired on by four men dressed as Jewish Settlement Police.
The girl was slightly wounded but was allowed to proceed home after treatment
at the P.H.D., Tiberias.
At 0730 hours at the same point, Moussa Hussein and Ahmed Moussa, both of Duweir
Abu Shushi, were also fired on by the same persons who were armed with automatic
weapons. Neither of the Arabs were injured, but a horse which Moussa Hussein
was riding was killed.
CO 537/3856
26 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 0630 hours, Rural. Near kilo
5 on the Bethlehem Road, an Arab 'bus (No. 22), which was proceeding from
Bethlehem to Jerusalem, was attacked by unknown persons. Two bombs were thrown
at the vehicle by two men dressed in civilian clothing. These exploded without
causing any damage. The 'bus carriedon for approximately 20 metres when a
group of men threw one bomb which exploded and caused the driver to lose
control. The 'bus then crashed into a wall and overturned. Fire from automatic
weapons and rifles was directed at the passengers and the driver when they
alighted from the 'bus. There were no known casualties. At the scene, one
Bren-gun magazine containing 14 rounds and 17 expended cartridge cases were
found. Tracks indicated that the attackers made off in the direction of Ramat
Rahel Colony.
CO 537/3856
26 JANUARY 1948
Gaza, 0900 hours. Near the Royal Air
Force Camp, Gaza Airport, Suleiman Hillis (15) of Gaza and Nassar Deben El
Beid of Arab Weheidet, were grazing their cattle when fire was directed at
them by unknown persons. Hillis was injured in the hand and Beid the abdomen.
Both were removed to Government Hospital, Gaza, where their conditions are
reported to be 'not serious'.
CO 537/3856
26 JANUARY 1948
Gaza. 1000 hours, Beersheba. An Arab
truck was stopped by a party of Jews on the Imara track at Map Ref. 107082.
A Camelry Police Corporal and an Arab civilian were removed from the truck
by Jews. Investigations lead a military patrol to Sharoshim Colony where
an overheated truck was found. The Jews in the colony denied all knowledge
of the abduction. The military then proceeded to Imara Police Post for reinforcements
and were returning to Sharoshim with the intention of searching it when they
met a Jewish truck coming out of the colony. The truck was stopped and was
found to contain four Jewish Settlement Police and the two men who had been
removed from the Arab vehicle. They were both uninjured. The Jews stated
that they were taking the Arabs back to Imara Police Post.
CO 537/3856
26 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1030 hours, Urban. In the
Jewish Quarter of the Old City, small arms fire was directed at a military
post. A house in the Midan Quarter was pinpointed and subsequently searched
by military. The following arms which were in the house were confiscated:
4 '36' grenades (primed), 3 Polish grenades (primed), 1 flash bomb (local
make), 39 rounds of .45 (rimless) ammunition.
CO 537/3855
26 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1200 hours, Urban. In the
Jewish Quarter of the Old City, a party of the 12th Field Squadron, Royal
Engineers, were building a wall in Khabat Street. Two members of the party,
Sappers Tousell and Ley, entered a house to get bricks. On entering an upper
room, an explosion occurred injuring both of them. They were removed to the
Station Hospital, Talbieh. Their conditions are not serious. It is believed
that the explosion was caused by a charge which had been laid in the house
as a booby-trap.
CO 537/3856
26 JANUARY 1948
, Jerusalem. 1210 hours, Urban. An
explosion occurred in i an empty Jewish-owned building in the Commercial
Centre, I i causing a slight damage but no casualties. It is believed that
the bomb was in fact a booby-trap, left by the Hagana, which exploded prematurely.
CO 537/3856
26 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1625 hours, Urban. In the
Jewish Quarter of the OldCity, a Jew armed with a Sten-gun fired a number
of shots at military personnel from the balcony of a partly demolished building.
The military replied with three bombs from a Piatgun and demolished the remainder
of the building. No casualties were reported.
CO 537/3856
26 JANUARY 1948
Galilee. 2000 hours, Tiberias. Ahmed
Hussein was sitting in his tent in the Seebi encampment on Arab Ghazawiya
lands when he was fired upon by two Jewish youths dressed in Arab clothing
who were armed with T.S.M.G.'s. Hussein was hit in the left shoulder. A party
of 25 armed Jews approached and fired 80 rounds into the encampment. No Arab
casualties resulted from the firing, but one cow was killed and one horse
injured. The Jews then withdrew. Hussein was removed to the Scots Mission
Hospital, Tiberias, where his condition is reported to be 'not serious'.
CO 537/3856
26 JANUARY 1948
2 Arab trucks shot up near Hatserim
122072 and vehicles burnt out. 2 Arabs killed and one wounded.
WO 261/573
26 JANUARY 1948
Arab village of Arab Sukreir attacked
by Jews who blew up 17 houses and 2 water pumps.
WO 261/573
27 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 0600 hours, Rural. On the main
HaifaIJaffa road near Jaba village, an empty Arab bus No. M3407 driven by
Hassan Eissa Kubieh of Ijzim village, was fired on by an unidentified taxi,
believed to be Jewish, which was proceeding south. The coachwork of the bus
was slightly damaged, but the driver was unhurt.
CO 537/3856
27 JANUARY 1948
Samaria. 0700 hours, Jenin. Mahallieh
bint Abdul Ghani (1 3) of Jenin, was shot and killed in Jenin town by unknown
persons.
CO 537/3856
27 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 0700 hours, Rural. On the main
Haifa/Jaffa road near Jaba village, an Arab truck driven by Mustafa Abdul
Razzik of Ijzim village, was fired upon with automatic weapons from an unidentified
armoured bus, believed to be Jewish. No damage or casualties were reported.
CO 537/3856
27 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 0700 hours, Rural. Aref Ali
Mahmoud (46) of Jaba village was struck in the head and slightly injured
whilst I emerging from his house on hearing shooting which came from a passing
Jewish vehicle. Mahmoud did not require medical treatment and remained in
the village.
CO 537/3856
27 JANUARY 1948
Haifa, 0740 hours. Two Jews entering
Shabatai Levy Street from Leventine Street directed automatic fire at A/A.S.P.
Khalil Yousef Shuheiber and Inspector Nasri Elias Khoury who were taking
their children to school. The supenor police officer was struck in the back
of the head and seriously injured whilst Inspector Khoury sustained a bullet
wound in the right leg, condition not serious. Both were taken to Government
Hospital.
CO 537/3856
27 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. Approximately 13 10 hours, Rehovoth.
Near Rishon Quarries, the crew of a police armoured car came upon a party
of armed Jews surrounding an Arab house. The Jews opened fire on the armoured
car, the crew of which returned the fire. The Jews then made off. No casualties
were sustained by police.
CO 537/3856
27 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1745 hours, Jaffa. In Manshieh
Quarter, Mohammed Khalil Omar, aged 20 of Qalqiliya, was seriously wounded
in the stomach by a bullet fired by a Jewish sniper from the direction of
Tel Aviv.
CO 537/3856
27 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 23 12 hours, Urban. A Dodge
W.D. vehicle, driven by an Arab, was fired upon by unknown persons in Stanton
Street. The radiator of the truck was punctured with bullets and the truck
stopped. A police armoured car crew rescued the driver while the truck was
still under fire.
CO 537/3856
28 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1130 hours, Tel Aviv.
A party of five Jews, armed with pistols, held up the police guards on the
prison ward of the Hayarkon Hospital. The guard, which consisted of one Police
Constable and two T.A.C.s, was disarmed and two prisoners, Shlomo Bar Nathan
and Emmanuel Elgavi, were taken away by the armed men. The two prisoners had
been transferred to the hospital from Northern Police Station, Tel Aviv Lock-up
on 25th January, 1948, on the orders of the medical officer. They were being
held on a charge of murder and possession of fire arms. During this incident,
five other Jews occupied the telephone exchange of the hospital. When the intruders
withdrew, they left on the stairs the arms belonging to the guards. The guards
recovered their arms and opened fire on the retreating Jews with no known
result.
CO 537/3856
28 JANUARY 1948
1200 hours, Arab bus on Jaffa road attacked by Jews near Miqve Israel. 1 Arab killed and 3 Arabs wounded. WO 261/573
28 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1200 hours, Ramle. At kilo 51 on the JaffaIJerusalem road, an
Arab 'bus No. M2440 was fired on by a party of Jews from an orange grove
owned by Ben Shemen Colony. The following Arabs were wounded: 1) Moussa
Khalil Nasran (22), of Salameh village - serious; 2) Elias Abu Tarick
(38), of Lydda - not serious; 3) Abdullah Mohammed Hassan (21), of
Beersheba - not serious; 4) Ahmed Said Shalabeh (60), of Lydda - not
serious.
CO 537/3856
28 JANUARY 1948
Lydda, 1210 hours. Ramle. At At-Tira village on the Wilhelmaeit Nabala
road, an Arab truck was held up and attacked by a party of armed Jews
dressed in army uniform. One Arab, Yomiel Mohammed Elias, aged 28 of
At-Tira, was killed. Seven other Arabs were injured. All were removed to
the P.H.D., Ramle, but no details of the injured persons are at present
available. Thirty-one expended cartridge cases were found at the scene.
CO 537/3856
28 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1700 hours, Jaffa. The following Arab casualties were admitted
to the Dajani Hospital, Jaffa: 1) Mahmoud Assad Sultan (30) - serious;
2) Hussein Hassan Ara (26) - serious; 3) Abdullah Mohammed Hassan (25)
-not serious; 4) Jamil Arasi (22) - not serious; 5) Kuma Ahmed Mustafa
(19) -not serious. The above-named are alleged to have been injured when
an Arab truck was held up by armed Jews at 1400 hours at kilo 16 on the
Tulkarm road.
CO 537/3856
28 JANUARY 1948
Between 1900 and 2030 hours, heavy firing in Salameh road Abu Kebir.
Police military and Arabs returned Jewish fire. 1 Arab killed and 1 Jew
wounded.
WO 261/573
28 JANUARY 1948
Beit Nabala 146154, Jews in British uniform attacked Arabs. 1 Arab killed and 1 Arab wounded.
WO 261/573
28 JANUARY 1948
Party of armed Jews in Army uniform attacked an Arab truck near At Tira. 1 Arab killed, 1 wounded.
WO 275/64
29 JANUARY 1948
Galilee. 1525 hours, Safad. It was reported that, throughout the day,
Arab males and females working in fields near Ein Zeitoun came under
fire which is believed to have come from the direction of Ein Zeitim
Colony.
CO 537/3856
29 JANUARY 1948
Galilee, Safad. Mohammed Hassan El Nasser of Madahil village is
reported to have been shot dead on the village lands near Shear Yashuv
Colony by Jews from that colony. The body is alleged to have been buried
by the villagers. The colonists deny the allegation.
CO 537/3856
29 JANUARY 1948
In Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem, 2 British Constables fatally wounded by Stern Group.
WO 275/64
30 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 0145 hours, Yazur. Aparty of armed Jews attacked a number of
houses on the outskirts of Yazur village with mortars, grenades and
automatic weapons. A two-story, nineroom house, owned by Abdul Azzizi
Salim El Debeh, aged 70, was blown up. El Debeh was buried beneath the
debris and killed. His body was removed to the Government Hospital,
Jaffa. No other casualties have been reported.
30 JANUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 0342 hours, Urban. Under cover of heavy fire from automatic
weapons, a party of Jews attacked a house, Dar Sharpem near the Park
Lane Hotel, in the Katamon Quarter. Explosives, which were placed in the
building, blew up demolishing the left wing of the house. Ahmed Yusef
Shamawiya, of Abwein, Ramallah, who was in the building at the time of
the explosion, was buried beneath the debris. He was later rescued by a
party of Royal Engineers and was admitted to the French Hospital,
Jerusalem, in a serious condition. The attackers are reported to have
made their escape in a northerly direction.
CO 537/3856
30 JANUARY 1948
1230 hours, shooting in Allenby road, Haifa, and troops searched a
building and arrested 2 Jews with 3 grenades and ammunition. WO 261/573
30 JANUARY 1948
Galilee. Evening, Safed. At Arab Al Mawasi, Hussein Mihsan Haza, a
sheperd, was attacked by a number of armed Jews who stole four sheep
from him.
CO 537/3856
31 JANUARY 1948
0500 hours, 7 armed Jews broke into military car park, Tel Aviv, and
held up 2 unarmed ghaffirs on duty. Jews then joined by colleagues. When
civilian drivers came on duty, they were held up by Jews who stole 7 WD
vehicles. Four 15 cwt trucks stolen and three 3 ton trucks stolen.
WO 261/573
31 JANUARY 1948
Haifa. 0800 hours, Rural. Between kilos 1261127 on the main HaifalTel
Aviv road, an Arab 'bus travelling towards Haifa, driven by Mohammed
Ahmed Yassin of Tantura was fired upon by automatic weapons from an
orange grove at the east of the road. The 'bus overturned when an
explosion occurred, caused by an electrically-detonated mine.
Casualties: Dead - Hassan Hamdan Zaghal (21) of Caesarea; Nawaf Rajah
Dameir (25) of Arab Dameir (Hadera); Seriously injured -No. 12603 T.A.C.
Assad Abdul Rahman (22) of Caesarea; Hassan Abdul Rhman (26) of
Caesarea. Five other Arabs and the driver were also slightly injured but
were allowed to proceed after treatment at the scene.
CO 537/3856
31 JANUARY 1948
Lydda. 1600 hours, Ramle. A police armoured car escorting Arab orange
pickers through an orange grove near Rishon Quarries was fired upon by
Jews, the crew returning the fire. No known casualties resulted.
CO 537/3856
1 FEBRUARY 1948
0300 hours, bus shot up between Kabiri and Nahariya by armed Jews. 3 Arabs injured.
WO 261/573
1 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 0700 hours, Kabri village, Acre. Under cover of fire from
automatic weapons and rifles, a party of armed Jews entered the house of
Faris Sirhan in Kabri village and blew it up. The house was extensively
damaged, but none of the occupants were injured. Houses in the vicinity
were slightly damaged. Rashid Nassar of Kabri, who went to investigate
the cause of the explosion, was shot dead. His wife, Munifa bint Nassar,
who went to his assistance, was seriously injured. She was removed to
P.H.D., Acre.
CO 537/3856
1 FEBRUARY 1948
0730 hours. Jewish vehicle drove into Acre, opened fire and threw grenades. 1 Arab killed.
WO 261/573
1 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 0730 hours, Tarshiha Road, Acre. An Arab 'bus (No.6) from
Tarshiha was fired on by a party of armed Jews at kilo 3 near Kh. Tall
Waqiya on the Tarshiha road. The following casualties resulted: Dead -
Zaki Ismail (40); Muneed Tewfiq Qadi (1 8). Seriously injured - Hassan
Mahmoud Mullaid (died later); Salim Erar.
CO 537/3856
1 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 0830 hours, Acre. Shots were fired from a Jewish convoy at a
number of Arabs on the road near the P.H.D. at the outskirts of Acre. No
casualties have been reported.
CO 537/3856
1 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 0930 hours, Acre. An Arab ambulance, which was marked with
red crosses on both sides and the back, carrying wounded Arabs from Acre
P.H.D. to the Government Hospital, Haifa, was fired on by armed Jews at
Na'amin bridge on the Haifa/Acre road. The ambulance returned to Acre
where it was found that Hassan Mahmoud Mullaid had suffered further
injuries. He was subsequently removed to the Government Hospital, Haifa,
where he died.
CO 537/3856
1 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 101 0 hours, Urban. Six unknown Jewish youths armed with
pistols entered the Pikovsky Printing Works at 6, Keren Kayemeth Street.
They held up the employees and stole six printing plates which were
being prepared for the reprinting of rifle and pistol training manuals.
The manuals were allegedly being reproduced for the military, but the
military authorities deny having sent any manuals to this printing press
for reproduction.
CO 537/3856
1 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 1645 hours, Jaffa. Hula1 Salim (451, of Jaffa, was admitted to
the Government Hospital with a bullet wound in his side. His condition
is serious. He was shot from the direction of Tel Aviv while walking on
Bassa Lands.
CO 537/3856
1 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 1700 hours, Jaffa. Ismail Salmi Hussein (43, of Jaffa, was shot
on Bassa Lands by a bullet from the direction of Tel Aviv. He was
removed to the Government Hospital, where his condition is not serious.
CO 537/3856
1 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 2258 hours, Urban. A very heavy explosion was heard from
the direction of Hassolel Street, and on investigation, it was found
that the Palestine Post offices had been blown up. No details are at
present available as to damage or casualties. A large fire broke out in
the vicinity.
CO 537/3856
1 FEBRUARY 1948
Arab truck blown up Kabari. Police conveying casualties to Haifa fired on. 1 Arab killed and 1 Arab wounded.
WO 261/573
2 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 0200 hours, Ramle. A party of Jews using automatic and other
weapons attacked Yazur village from the north and south. They destroyed
with explosives the houses of Rashem Rashid Barakat and Said Ali
Barbara, a leather factory and a pump house. No known casualties
resulted.
CO 537/3856
2 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 0530 hours, Acre. Near Khirbet Al Aiyadiya on the Acre/Safad
road, an Arab 'bus travelling from Kafr Yasif was fired upon by unknown
persons, and the following casualties resulted: Seriously injured -
Fauzi Salim Shehadi (27) of Kafr Yasif; Ayoub Khalil Shehadi (24) of
Kafr Yasif. Ismail Salim Daboub (20) of Dirwi was cycling from Kafr
Yasif before the attack when he was stopped by three Jews in
battledress, armed with T.S.M.C. and struck on the head with the butt of
a gun. The Jews took him to a point 200 metres from the road and bound
and gagged him.
CO 537/3856
2 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 0930 hours, Urban. Lufti Yusef Hassarih (22) of Jerusalem
was shot in the leg by unknown persons in Scheller Quarter. His
condition is not serious.
CO 537/3856
2 FEBRUARY 1948
1030 hours, Jews from Ein Zeitim stole Arab truckload of flour. Arabs
attacked Jewish colony. Troops restored order. 1 truckload flour stolen.
WO 261/573
2 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. Morning, Safad. Two Arab trucks loaded with flour and
travelling from Haifa to Safad were fired on near Ein Zeitim Colony. One
of the trucks was forced to stop, and the driver was allegedly taken
into the colony.
CO 537/3856
2 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. Approximately 1645 hours, Jaffa. Unknown persons blew up the
houses of Mohammed Natour and Ali Sambo, the bakeries of Abu Sbuhi El
Asfour and Subhi El Asfour and an Arab Girls' School, all situated in
Hassan Bey Street. Damage is roughly estimated at LP, 70,000.
CO 537/3856
2 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 1745 hours, Jaffa. On assuming duty on the roof of the
International Garage in Salama Road, No. 19030188 Fusilier Favdey of 'D*
Company, Royal Irish Fusiliers, was shot and fatally injured, believed
by Jews.
CO 537/3856
2 FEBRUARY 1948
Gaza. 1800 hours, a party of approximately 100 Jews approached
Karatiya Village and directed a number of shots into it. They then made
off in a northerly direction. No casualties have been reported.
CO 537/3856
2 FEBRUARY 1948
British soldier fatally wounded in Jaffa, believed by Hagana.
WO 275/64
2 FEBRUARY 1948
1 British Constable and Arab boy shot and wounded outside Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, by Hagana.
WO 275/64
2 FEBRUARY 1948
British soldier fatally wounded in Jaffa, believed by Hagana.
WO 261,573
3 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 1205 hours, Ramle. Sha'aban Ali Yehiya of Ramle was admitted to
the Ramle P.H.D. with a bullet wound in the chest and was later
transferred to the Government Hospital, Jaffa, where he died. He stated
that he had been struck by a bullet while working in a field near the
Royal Air Force Camp, Ramle.
CO 537/3856
3 FEBRUARY 1948
1415 hours, Rushmiya House, Haifa, which houses offices of Haifa East
Arab Council was blown up. 2 vehicles, one stolen from P C and the other
a PU, drove up from Meve Shanaan 15 1244 and stopped outside the house.
2 men got out of PU into IPC car and drove off. PU blew up. Casualty
not heavy.
WO 261/573
3 FEBRUARY 1948
2 British Constables killed and 1 wounded by Stern Group in Rehovoth. WO 275/64
3 FEBRUARY 1948
Rushmiya House, offices of Haifa East Arab Council, blown up by Irgun Z'vai Leumi. Casualties- 4 Arabs dead and 3 injured.
WO 275/64
4 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 0230 hours, Tiberias. The body of Mahmoud Mohammed Hamdouni
of Samra Village was found near a defence dug-out 50 metres east of the
village where it is believed he had been acting as sentry. A bullet had
passed through the deceased's chest, but no cartridge cases were found
at the scene.
CO 537/3856
4 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 0730 hours, Jaffa. Whilst walking near an Arab road block on
the Jerusalem road on the outskirt of Jaffa, Ibrahim Hanna Bamdah, aged
20 of Jaffa, and a thirty-yearold Arab woman from Jaffa named Hameeni
were shot and killed by unknown persons.
CO 537/3856
4 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 0800 hours, Tel Aviv. Four Jews, armed with revolvers, entered
the Zola Cafe at 5, Hagalit Street and ordered Osmat Aharonosa, aged 22
of Givat Moshe 'A' Quarter, to accompany them. She was driven away in a
taxi and, after approximately one and a half hours, she was taken into a
house. She was questioned as to her relations with Arabs, beaten, and
her hair was cut off. At 1430 she was released in Ramat Gan. She was
only slightly injured. She stated that two other girls, also
blindfolded, were in the taxi.
CO 537/3856
4 FEBRUARY 1948
1100 hours, Arab bus fired on from orange grove 1342 1433.5 Arabs wounded. WO 261/573
4 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 1515 hours, Safad. The body of Ali Mohammed Shabani, aged 50
of Biriya village, who had been shot in the back from fairly close
range, was found on Mount Kana'an. An Arab sheperd boy has stated that,
at 0800 hours, he saw armed Jews whilst he was grazing sheep in that
area and that he heard two shots.
CO 537/3856
4 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa, 1630 hours. Zaynab Said Abdullah Harani (23), of Wadi Nisnas,
was shot and fatally injured near Wadi Jamal, Haifa, when shots were
directed from an unidentified taxi, believed to be Jewish, at the truck
in which she was travelling.
CO 537/3856
5 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 0900 hours, Ra'anana. The Burial Society, Tel Aviv, informed
the police at Ra'anana that they had received information from unknown
persons to the effect that the body of Arieh Yehuda Levy was buried in a
grove on the left side of the Ramat Hadar road. Police went to the
scene, and at a point approximately 40 metres from the road, they found
the body of the person mentioned above. Levy, who was 3 1 years of age
and lived at 98 Yarkon Street, Tel Aviv, had been abducted from his room
by Jewish youths at 6.30 a.m. on 15 January, 1948. The body appeared to
have been in the grave for some time.
CO 537/3856
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