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Chapter Seven - part 2 of 5

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. CO 537/3855

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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13 JANUARY 1948
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. CO 537/3855

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. CO 537/3855

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 537/3855

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 537/3855

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 537/3855

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, WO 275/64

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. CO 537/3855

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
Samaria. 1430 hours, Tulkarm. On'his lands near Nathanya Convalescent Depot, Sami Haj Hannoun and four other Arabs were held up by five Jews armed with rifles and automatic weapons who searched Hannoun's car, which was parked nearby, but caused no damage. On sighting a party of military, the Jews made off.
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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. CO 537/3855

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. CO 537/3855

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. CO 537/3855

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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26 JANUARY 1948
2 Arab trucks shot up near Hatserim 122072 and vehicles burnt out. 2 Arabs killed and one wounded.
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26 JANUARY 1948
Arab village of Arab Sukreir attacked by Jews who blew up 17 houses and 2 water pumps.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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28 JANUARY 1948
Beit Nabala 146154, Jews in British uniform attacked Arabs. 1 Arab killed and 1 Arab wounded.
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28 JANUARY 1948
Party of armed Jews in Army uniform attacked an Arab truck near At Tira. 1 Arab killed, 1 wounded.
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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.
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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.
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29 JANUARY 1948
In Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem, 2 British Constables fatally wounded by Stern Group.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1 FEBRUARY 1948
0300 hours, bus shot up between Kabiri and Nahariya by armed Jews. 3 Arabs injured.
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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.
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1 FEBRUARY 1948
0730 hours. Jewish vehicle drove into Acre, opened fire and threw grenades. 1 Arab killed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1 FEBRUARY 1948
Arab truck blown up Kabari. Police conveying casualties to Haifa fired on. 1 Arab killed and 1 Arab wounded.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2 FEBRUARY 1948
British soldier fatally wounded in Jaffa, believed by Hagana.
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2 FEBRUARY 1948
1 British Constable and Arab boy shot and wounded outside Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, by Hagana.
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2 FEBRUARY 1948
British soldier fatally wounded in Jaffa, believed by Hagana.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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