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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 0725 hours, Jerusalem, Ramallah road. On the
Jerusalem/Ramallah road, near Neve Ya'acov, an Arab No.
45 'bus was on its way to Jerusalem when a bomb exploded
beneath it, shattering all the windows of the vehicle and
slightly damaging it. Small arms fire was also directed at the
'bus from the colony. The following persons were admitted
to Government Hospital: Seriously Injured - Moussa
Ramadan (30) of El Janiya, Ramallah. Not Serious -
Maroom Nimer (23) of El Qubeiba, Jerusalem; Ibrahim
Hamid Suleiman of El Qubeiba, Jerusalem.
A number of other passengers received treatment from
private doctors in Jerusalem. At the scene, police found one
grenade and one round of ammunition.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 0849 hours, Urban. Jews at Ramat Rahel
Colony directed small arms fire at Arab traffic passing along
the Bethlehem Road. The following persons, who were
travelling in an Arab 'bus, were admitted to Beit Safafa
Hospital: Seriously Injured - Fatmeh Rajad Khader (30) of
Hebron; Abdul Majid Jala (20) of Halhul.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa, 1020 hours. At the junction of the Mesheq Yagur
and Kefar Hasisim roads, on the Haifamazareth road, an Arab
No. 6 'bus was fired upon from a stationary taxi and also by
a Jew standing near the vehicle. Casualties: Dead-No. 5 104
S.P. Corporal Khalid Ahmed Khalid (33) of Lubiya; Seriously
Injured - Hadil Said Eissa (16) of Tur'an village.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Samaria. 1100 hours, Jenin. On the HaifaIJenin road, one
kilo north of Lajjun, three Jews fired from a Bren gun at an
Arab taxi, and the following casualties resulted: Dead -
Idreis Abdul Hamid Idreis (35) of Beita. Seriously Injured:
Ibrahim Daoud Idreis (30) of Beita. Both were removed to
the Government Hospital, Nablus.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Gaza, 1100 hours. At the Beershebacrossroads near Gaza,
Abed El Haj Mohammed Abu Assar of Gaza was shot and
killed allegedly by the occupants of two Jewish armoured
vehicles.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1 120 hours, Urban. Mortar bombs exploded on
the veranda of a pharmacy in the Arab Quarter of the Old City,
slightly injuring Waffa Jamal Hashim, Nadil Jamal Hashim
and Hassan Abdul Rahman. The first two named were discharged
after treatment.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1130 hours, Urban. Near the St. John Ophthalmic
Hospital, a No. 4 Arab 'bus was fired upon from the
direction of Yemen Moshe Quarter, and the following casualties
resulted: Dead - Imran Rida Basian (20) of Nablus.
Serious -Yusef Ahmed Hassan Baghdad! (22) of Jerusalem.
Not Serious - Shukri Najib Dajani (25) of Jerusalem;
Yacoub Ahmed Odeleh (27) of Ein Karem.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1230 hours, Rural. The body of an unidentified
male Arab was found on the Bureij track, approximately two
kilos from the village and was removed to the Government
Hospital. He had been shot.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1245 hours, Urban. Whilst on the roof of a
house in the Moghrabi Quarter of the Old City, Zeinah
Yacoub Abu Saoud (30) was fatally wounded by fire which
came from the direction of the Jewish Quarter.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem, 1340 hours, Rural. At kilo 5 on the
Jerusalem/Bethlehem road, an Arab 'bus was fired upon by
unknown persons, and Sara Eissa Sahouri of Bethlehem was
slightly wounded. She was discharged after treatment.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1415 hours, Rural. At kilo 5 on the
Jerusalem/Bethlehem road, a police armoured car encountered
an Arab truck which was being fired on from the
direction of Ramat Rahel. The firing ceased as the armoured
car approached. No casualties or damage resulted.
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24 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee, Safad. Near Jubb Yusuf Colon, W.D. three-ton
Dodge truck No. 5679521 of 438 Company R.A.S.C., Haifa,
driven by an Arab, was stopped by seven armed men dressed
in khaki uniform who spoke in broken Arabic and drove away
in the truck towards Tiberias. The driver of the truck was left
in the road uninjured.
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24/25 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa. Fade1 Khalid Suleiman (13) of Tur'an village,
Nazareth, was admitted to the Government Hospital with
gunshot wounds received in unknown circumstances. He died
during the night of 24/25 February, 1948.
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24/25 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. Night, Tiberias. Ibrahim Mansour (70) of Lubiya
village, who was wounded on the NazarethlTiberias road,
succumbed to his injuries.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
0530 hours, Jews blew up empty Arab house near Wadi
Rushmiya, 150243.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa. 0632 hours, Urban. A small Jewish truck, accompanied
by another Jewish vehicle, was proceeding from Tel
Amal along Saleh Ed Din Road when persons in the vehicles
threw explosives at an unoccupied Arab house Beit Amoudi
which has been usedas a snipers post. The building was partly
demolished, but no casualties have been reported. In the firing
which broke out consequently upon this explosion, William
Whalen, a British subject employed by 14 D.S.D.A., was shot
and seriously injured at the corner of Bank Street and
Kingsway. He was admitted to the B.M.H., Haifa.
CO 537/3856
25 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. Between 0735 and 0920 hours, Border area. A
number of explosions were heard from the Manshieh Quarter.
Four Arab houses in Suq El Binat and Mitri Street were blown
up. At the same time, sporadic firing broke out in the area. No
casualties have been reported.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa. 0820 hours, Urban. A police 'Ford' 10 saloon No.
M790 was firedon near Boutagy corner Jaffa Road. The firing
came from the direction of Kiriat Eliahu. No. 1376 British
Sergeant Taylor of V.R.D. who was driving the vehicle was
slightly injured in the leg. He was discharged after treatment
at the Government Hospital.
CO 537/3856
25 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa. 0845 hours. Urban. From the direction of Tel Amal,
shots were fired at the married families quarters at the rear of
the Eastern Police Station, Haifa. The following casualties
resulted and all were removed to the Government Hospital:
1) Mohammed Saleh Raba (40) of Arraba village - serious.
2) No. 2104 F.P.C. Saleh Abdul Saleh (30) of Kafr Qaddum
-serious. 3) No. 587 P/Corporal Abdullah Abdul Latif (34)
of Hajja village -not serious.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Gaza, 1100 hours. Near the Gaza Airport corner on the
Gaza bypass road, Salman Ali Esh Shweika of Gaza was fired
on, allegedly from a Jewish arrnoured vehicle. He received
two bullet wounds and was removed to the Government
Hospital, Gaza, where his condition is reported as serious.
CO 537/3856
25 FEBRUARY 1948
1200 hours, 2 Royal Air Force 3-ton vehicles fired on from
orange grove onroad Lydda-Petah Tiqva, 141 1 1653. Military
patrol arrived and fired on 3-ton vehicle leaving scene of
incident. Vehicle crashed, occupants 2 Jews, carrying Stens
and grenades, claimed to be Haganah. 2 Jews wounded.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Gaza, noon. Between Julis and Sawafir El Gharbiya on the
main Gaza road, the body of Ali Ahmen Mouyail (24) of
Harnada village was found. He had been shot dead in circumstances
unknown.
CO 537/3856
25 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 1230 hours, Petah Tiqva. Near Ein Ganim on the
LyddaJPetah Tiqva road, a number of shots were fired from
an orange grove on the outskirts of the colony at two passing
Royal Air Force trucks. The vehicles ran off the road. One of
the Royal Air Force personnel was slightly wounded. Military
arrived on the scene immediately after the shooting and, on
entering the grove, are alleged to have fired on Jews who were
working there. One Jew is reported to have been slightly
injured and removed to the Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tiqva.
Two other Jews, Asher Reznik and Zion Hindin were arrested.
The following arms were confiscated by the military:
3 Sten guns, 6 Sten gun magazines, 6 grenades (unprimed), 6
detonators, 1 Mauser pistol and 9 rounds of ammunition.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 1300 hours, Jaffa. On the JaffaIJerusalem road,
Arab transport was fired on by Jews from the Spirit factory
near Mikve Israel Colony. One Arab was slightly injured.
Arabs in the area then opened fire on the building, and three
Jews left the factory and made off in a truck. Police armoured
cars followed the truck and, on the Mikve IsraelIHatiqva
track, a Jew, who was sitting in the back of the truck and who
was dressed in battle-dress and armed with a Sten gun,
dismounted and made off into a nearby orange grove. Two
British constables followed him and, on entering the grove,
they were fired on by two Jews armed with Sten guns. The
police returned the fire killing one of the Jews. His body was
removed to the Hadassah Hospital, Tel Aviv. He was found
to be in possession of two grenades and Sten gun No. 30602
and two loaded magazines. Details of the casualties in this
incident are as follows: 1) Haim Kassi of Daniel Street, Tel
Aviv - dead; 2) Nimer Abdul Rahman Rudan (20) - not
serious.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
At 2: 15 p.m. Jewish terrorists raided the British military
court building in Jerusalem, killed an Arab policeman and
wounded another.
United Nations Security Council Official Records,
Supplements - 1948.
25 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 15 10 hours, Urban. In Machlat Ahim Quarter
an unknown armed Jew held up grey saloon 'De Soto' car,
No. M579P, driven by Yoachim Langstrong of Kiriat Moshe
Quarter. The armed Jew forced the driver out of the car and
then drove away in it.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 1600 hours, Safad. In the Wassa Quarter of Safad,
Hussein Awad Zelub (20) of Safad was shot - it is believed
by Jews. He was removed to the Government Hospital where
he was found to be dead on arrival.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 1600 hours, Tel Aviv. Whilst on duty on the roof
of the Manshieh Police Station, No. 11201 T.A.C. Mahmoud
Yacoub of Jaffa was shot and wounded by Jewish snipers. He
was removed to the Government Hospital, Jaffa; condition
not serious.
CO 537/3856
25 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1630 hours, Rural. A party of some 40150
armed Jews attacked Khirbat Beit Tulma at kilo 7 on the
JerusalemIJaffa road, and the following casualties resulted:
Dead - Hilva Ahmed Abdul Jalil(9).
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1750 hours. Rural. Near Beit Safafa village,
Ramadan Omar Attiyeh (50) of Lower Baqa'a was shot in the
chest by unknown persons. He was removed to the Government
Hospital, Jerusalem, in a dangerous condition.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 2200 hours, Jaffa. The body of Samis Khorub (27)
of Jabaliya Quarter was admitted to the Government Hospital.
He had been killed when a mortar bomb exploded in the
Jabaliya Quarter. Two other Arabs were at the same time
admitted to the hospital, suffering from shock caused by the
same explosion.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Royal Air Force trucks fired on between Lydda and Petah
Tiqva (1415). 1 A.C. wounded. Military patrol arrived and
arrested military-type vehicle, inside which were two Hagana
men.
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25 FEBRUARY 1948
Jews attacking Military Courts, Jerusalem, shot 1 Arab
Guard, wounded another. Small fire started by Jews, put out
by military and police. Hagana claim to have intervened
against dissidents.
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25/26 FEBRUARY 1948
Gaza. Afternoon. Ibrahim Ahmed Burdan (35) of Majdal
was shot and seriously injured in the stomach by unknown
persons near Beit Jirja. He was removed to his home in Majdal
where he died on 26 February, 1948.
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26 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 0430 hours, Ramle. A number of Jews attacked the
house of Zuhbi Abu Jebrin near Beit Dajan with mortar fire,
automatic weapons and hand grenades. The house, an adjoining
engine and pump house, and a storehouse were blown up,
and the following casualties caused: Dead - 1) Mohammed
Mukur Abdullah (50) of Jaffa; 2) Mohammed Abdul Azziz
(30) of Egypt; 3) Ahmed Abdul Khader (35) of Egypt; 4)
Abdul Hafiz Abdul Rahman El Mograbi (50) of Jaffa.
Seriously Injured: 1) Mohammed Azziz Nasa (35) of Ammuriya;
2) Abdul Salim Ibrahim Defallah (30) of Egypt; 3)
Abdul Rahman Mohammed Mahmoud (39) of Egypt.
The dead were removed to the Ramle mortuary, and the
injured persons to the P.H.D., Ramle.
The attacker withdrew in the direction of Moledet Colony.
Four live grenades found at the scene were dealt with by a
police bomb-disposal squad.
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26 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa, 0730 hours. Three Arab taxis proceeding from
Tulkarm to Haifa were fired upon by unknown persons
travelling in a military-type vehicle near Mansoura village.
The following casualties were caused: 1) No. 7105 T.A.C.
Suleiman Abu Tabek (35) of Aqir - serious; 2) Khader Ali
Mahmoud (17) of Umm El Kahm (Jenin) - serious; 3)
Khader Mohammed Abu Shawan (26) of Lajjun - serious;
4) Mahmoud Abu Nous (30) of Tulkarm - not serious; 5)
Sami bint Abdul Rahman (12) of Lajjun - not serious; 6)
Mitieb Mohammed Abu Shalon (22) of Sarta village - not
serious; 7) Mohammed Hassan (45) of Qabatiya village -
not serious; 8) No. 6174 T.A.C. Ahmed Salim Khader (45) of
Safad - not serious; 9) Mahmoud Khabil (35) of Tulkarm
- not serious.
Numbers 1 to 5 were removed to the Government Hospital,
and numbers 6 to 9 were taken to the Amin Hospital.
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26 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 0830 hours, Ramle. A truck carrying a number of
Arab passengers on the track leading from Ajjur village to the
Jaffa/Jerusalem road encountered a Jewish convoy near Bir
El Hilu. The convoy, which was proceeding towards
Jerusalem, opened fire with automatic weapons causing the
following casualties: Dead - Haj Ahmed Suleiman Raban
(50); One unidentified Arab. Seriously Injured -
Mohammed Shakar Mahmoud (20); Abdul Rahman Mahmoud
Mohammed (25). Slightly Injured - Hassan Abdul
Hadi (20); Abdul Munim Haj Hamdan (45); Yusef Ahmed
Sulieman (28).
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26 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa, 1300 hours. Jews of Mishmar Ha Emeq placed
blocks on the road near the colony and opened fire on passing
Arab transport. No casualties have been reported.
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26 FEBRUARY 1948
1350 hours, Jews blew up 2 Arab houses Manshiya
quarter, Tel Aviv; patrol 17/21 L replied with 2 pdrs, firing
ceased. 2 houses blown up.
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26 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 1400 hours, Jaffa. A military armoured car was
fired upon by Jewish machine gun post on the road leading
from Hassan Bey road to Hacarmel Street, Manshieh Quarter.
The armoured car replied with one round from its twopounder
and silenced the post. No casualties were sustained
by the military.
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26 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1410 hours, Rural. It was reported that Jews
had entrenched themselves on the roadside at kilo 6 on the
Bethlehem road and were shooting at Arab traffic. A police
armoured car went to the scene, but the Jews had evidently
dispersed.
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26 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem, Urban. Two unoccupied buildings belonging
to Mohammed Itshak Herouk, situated on Siman lands near
the Hadassah Hospital, were blown up and extensively
damaged by Jews.
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26 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee, Safad. On Zuq Et Tahtani village lands, a party of
Jews armed with automatic weapons shot and killed two cattle
belonging to the villagers. The sheperd was not molested.
CO 537/3856
27 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa, 0245 hours. Three loud explosions were heard from
the direction of Hejaz Street. On investigation, it was found
that six lock-up garages in that street had been blown up by
explosives. Three were completely demolished and the
remainder badly damaged. A nearby Socony Vaccuum petrol
pump was also destroyed. There were no casualties.
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27 FEBRUARY 1948
Gaza District, 0900 hours. Commercial vehicle No.
M3767 driven by Mohammed Hamdan Madi of Rafa, who
was accompanied by four companions from his village, was
fired on by Jews from another car on the main Kahn
Younis/Rafa road near Abu Thabit lands. The following
casualties have been reported: Dead- Mohammed Silmi Esh
Sha'ar; Mohammed Mahmoud El Kambouz. Seriously Injured:
Sheiadeh Hamdan Madi; Nadi Bohierek Abu Madi.
Both admitted to Government Hospital, Gaza.
CO 537/3856
27 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee District. 1400 hours, Safad. Two shots were fired
at the Arab 'bus from Hurfeish to Safad between Ei
n Zeitoun
and Safad. There were no casualties.
CO 537/3856
27 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa, 1420 hours. Near the junction of the Qiryat Motzkin
and the HaifaIAcre roads, Austin car No. M 118 was stolen
by armed Jews when the passenger, a Mr. Thorne of C.R.L.,
stopped to buy a paper. These Jews surrounded Mr. Thorne
and attempted to abduct him. Members of the Haganah then
appeared on the scene and, together with Mr. Thome, fired
on the would-be abductors who then made off in the car. The
Haganah men escorted Thorne to C.R.L. An unconfirmed
report states that one Haganah man was shot during this
incident.
CO 537/3856
27 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa, 1520 hours. In Carmel Avenue, three armed Jews
held up 15-cwt Bedford truck No. M 959 V, color green,
driven by Mohammed Khorshod. They stole the vehicle and
took the driver to Balad Esh Sheikh where he was later
released.
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27 FEBRUARY 1948
Lydda. 1525 hours, Tel Aviv. N.A.A.F.I. Dodge 15-cwt
truck No. M.E.T. 656 was stolen from Petah Tiqvah Road,
Tel Aviv. The driver was ordered out of the vehicle, and the
armed Jews drove off in the truck in the direction of Petah
Tiqvah. The vehicle, which was loaded with four oxygen
cylinders and is coloured grey, bears the following additional
identification marks: letters N.A.A.F.I.B.F.1 and a second
No. E.F.I. 000 1999.
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27 FEBRUARY 1948
The mining of the Kantara-Haifa train at Rehovoth on 27
February, in which 27 British soldiers were killed and many
more wounded occurred in almost exactly the same place as
a similar incident this time last year. Four mines, only three
of which exploded, were laid within the tracks at a railway
coach distance from each other, and were all connected to a
single electrical detonator placed under cover in an orange
grove. The Stern claimed responsibility for the incident and
stated that it was a direct retaliation for the blowing up of Ben
Yehuda Street by the Security Forces.
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28 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa. 0600 hours. Urban. Rashid Mohammed El Shafadi
(40) of Wadi Salib was shot and wounded by unknown
persons in Nazareth Road. The shots are believed to have
come from the direction of Tel Amal. He was removed to the
Government Hospital where his condition is reported as
serious.
CO 537/3856
28 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 0645 hours, Tulkarm. An Arab taxi proceeding
from Tulkarm to Haifa was fired on near Karkur Police Post,
and two Arabs from Tulkarm were wounded. Rumours spread
to Tulkarm that Khirbet Missa was being attacked by Jews
and a large crowd of Arabs from Tulkarm, Jenin and Haifa
areas converged on Karkur.
CO 537/3856
28 FEBRUARY 1948
Gaza, 1000 hours. Nalimeh Bint Rabieh Mohd. Shu'ali (4)
of Jobaliya village was shot dead in her village by unknown
persons.
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28 FEBRUARY 1948
Gaza, 1 100 hours. Jamilieh Bint Haj Mustafa(20) of Nazla
was shot and slightly injured by unknown persons on her
village lands.
CO 537/3856
28 FEBRUARY 1948
11 15 hours, explosion at Iraq Street, Haifa. 6 Arabs dead,
10 seriously injured, 16 slightly injured, 4 British Police
slightly injured and 1 Russian injured.
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>28 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa. Noon, Urban. The following two persons were shot
in Hejaz Street by unknown persons: Seriously Injured -
Feisal Darwish (24) of Hejaz Street. Not Serious - Nimor El
Ahmur (24) of Haifa.
CO 537/3856
28 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa. 1220 hours, Urban. Mahmoud Yasid Assad of El
Birwa village was shot in Hejaz Street by unknown persons.
He was removed to Amin Hospital where his condition was
reported as not serious.
CO 537/3856
28 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 1430 hours, Safad. Issam Khalil Fathoud (5) of
Safad was wounded in the leg whilst in the garden of his house
in Qalla Quarter, Safad. The shot is reported to have come
from the direction of the Jewish Technical School. The child
was removed to the Government Hospital where his condition
is reported as not serious.
CO 537/3856
28 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1500 hours. Urban. Mohammed Deeb Ali
Noubai (1 6) of Beit Nuba village (Ramle S/D) was wounded
near the Sheikh Jarrah Bridge whilst travelling in the
Jaffa/Jerusalem 'bus, when unknown persons opened fire on
the vehicle.
CO 537/3856
28 FEBRUARY 1948
Haifa. 1600 hours, Urban. At Eastern Railway Station,
railway employee Haj Hassan Mohd. Hassan of Haifa was
shot and killed. The shot is reported to have come from a
nearby Jewish-owned flour mill. The body was removed to
Government Hospital.
CO 537/3856
28 FEBRUARY 1948
Galilee. 2100 hours, Tiberias. Jews from Migdal Colony
fired a number of shots into an Arab encampment in Wadi
Hammam. There were no casualties.
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28 FEBRUARY 1948
The former Polish Consul and a Polish newspaperman
were kidnapped by Jewish terrorists, and after a few days of
torture, the two were found shot dead.
United Nations Security Council Official Records,
Supplements - 1 948.
29 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 0900 hours. Urban. Twenty armed Jews
dressed in blue overalls and wearing army boots entered the
P.W.D. workshops in the Street of the Prophets by cutting the
perimeter wire on the north side of the compound. They
bound all the workshop and office with rope which they had
found in the yard. The workers in the yard were forced to carry
on as usual in order to allay suspicion. The leader of the party
stated that they were members of the Irgun Z'vai Leumi and
that they had come to confiscate Government property. They
removed a quantity of goods from the yard. these included
electric cable, petrol and electric motors, motor parts and five
new unlicensed motor-cycles. The value of the goods stolen
has not yet been estimated, but it is believed to be considerable.
It is thought that trucks were used to remove the stolen
goods, but no particulars are available. The operation continued
until approximately 1300 hours.
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29 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 0930 hours, Urban. The occupants of three
Jewish 'buses passing through the Sheikh Jarrah Quarter
opened fire on Arabs in the area with automatic weapons. The
fire was returned. No casualties have been reported.
CO 537/3856
29 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1 100 hours, Urban. Five armed men aged between
25/30 wearing European clothes, two of whom were
described as Ashkenazi Jews and three as Sephardic Jews,
entered the Municipality Offices in Mustashpha Quarter, held
up the staff and stole L.P. 400 which was kept in an unlocked
drawer.
CO 537/3856
29 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1345 hours, Urban. In the Katamon Quarter,
Kudra Mustafa Awad of Malha village was shot and slightly
injured by Jewish snipers firing from Neve Sha'anan Quarter.
He was removed to the Government Hospital in a serious
condition.
CO 537/3856
29 FEBRUARY 1948
Gaza. 1400 hours, Beersheba. Near Asluj, Hassan
Sulieman Ibn Sa'aid of the Arab Azzazmeh was tending his
crops when he was seized by six armed Jews who had been
hiding nearby. He was taken to Alumin settlement where a
patrol of military will go to carry out investigations tomorrow
morning.
CO 537/3856
29 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1600 hours, Rural. Three Jewish armoured
cars, proceeding towards Tel Aviv on the Jaffa/Jerusalem
road, fired on an Arab 'bus near Bab El Wad. The following
casualties resulted: Injured (Government Hospital) - Subhi
Bustani (12) of Haifa; Badrieh Ali Dawargi (40) of Haifa;
Sarieh Mohd. Bislawi (35) of Haifa; Fakhri Suleiman Yousef
(19) of Haifa; Ivan Omeshenko (32) of Haifa.
Two British constables were cut about the face by flying
glass. They received first-aid treatment on the spot and were
not removed to Hospital.
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29 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1600 hours, Urban. Near the Birket Es Sultan
on the Hebron road, an army jeep was fired on by Jews from
the Yemen Moshe Quarter. No casualties or damage were
sustained by military. The fire was returned by two Police
G.L.C.'s. The firing continued; and a military armoured car,
which at approximately 1625 hours went to the assistance of
the police, discharged
two 2-lb shells at the snipers position
in the Yemen Moshe Quarter causing the following casualties;
1) Ovadi Leby (18) of Yemen Moshe - not serious; 2)
Shalom Mousaioff (17) of Yemen Moshe - not serious; 3)
Gavrielli Fissim (31) of Yemen Moshe - not serious. The
area was quiet at 1630 hours.
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29 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 1930 hours. Urban. Fire was directed by Jews
from the Sanhedriya area at the Nashashibi Quarter. The fire
as returned by Arabs, and military and police personnel. No
casualties or damage have as yet been reported.
CO 537/3856
29 FEBRUARY 1948
Jerusalem. 2140 hours, Urban. Two unknown Jews approached
'52' Gate in King ~ e o r ~ e Avenue and threw a
grenade at the military personnel on duty. A number of shots
were also fired at the post, and the two Jews made off in the
direction of the Jewish Agency. The fire was returned by the
military. During this incident, Itzhak Stevak (16) was slightly
injured when a bullet penetrated a window of his flat in
Hamaloth Street in King George Avenue. No damage or
casualties were sustained by military.
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1 MARCH 1948
Haifa, 0845 hours. Mohammed Ahmed Sirhan, of Qannir
village, reported to Lajjun P.P. with bullet wounds in the legs,
stating that he had received them during an attack on his
village by a large party of Jews in the early hours of the
morning. He was removed to the Government Hospital,
Nablus, where his condition is described as not serious.
CO 537/3856
1 MARCH 1948
Lydda. 0925 hours, Jaffa. A military arrnoured car patrolling
in the Manshieh Quarter was fired on from a Jewish
snipers' position. There were no casualties. No action was
taken, and the armoured car was instructed to patrol in another
area.
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1 MARCH 1948
Gaza, 0930 hours. Near the evacuated military camp at
Qastina, Moussa Mohammed Salim and Mohammed Ahmed
Abu Assisa, both of Qastina village, were walking in their
fields when five Jews fired on them with rifles from within
the camp. Salim was hit in the left leg and slightly injured
while his companion was hit in the buttocks and seriously
wounded- The Arabs were removed to the Gaza Government
Hospital.
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1 MARCH 1948
Galilee. 1000 hours, Safad. Fatmah Mohammed Kayed
Abed (40) of Safsaf village, whilst riding a donkey near Ein
Zeitim Colony, was fired upon by three Jews armed with rifles
and wounded in the right leg. She was removed to the Government
Hospital, Safad, where her condition is stated to be not
serious.
CO 537/3856
1 MARCH 1948
Lydda. 1100 hours, Jaffa. No. 1 13 Municipal P/Constable
Abdulla Eissa Salim of Jaffa was slightly wounded in the
mouth by a shot fired from the direction of Tel Aviv, whilst
on duty at Manshieh P.S. He was removed to the Government
Hospital, Jaffa, where his condition is reported as not serious.
CO 537/3856
1 MARCH 1948
Lydda. Morning, Jaffa. In Tel Er Rish, Ahmed Mustafa
Ahmed (27) of Tel Er Rish was shot and killed by unknown
persons. His body was taken to the French Hospital, Jaffa.
CO 537/3856
1 MARCH 1948
Galilee. Noon, Safad. Mustafa Hazaza (30), of Qaddita
village, was shot and seriously wounded on the Teitaba~Ein
Zeitim track when rifle fire was directed at him from the
direction of Ein Zeitim Colony. He was removed to the
Government Hospital, Safad, where he succumbed to his
wounds during the night of 112 March, 1948.
CO 537/3856
1 MARCH 1948
Jerusalem. 1447 hours, Urban. A bomb exploded in
Hadassah Road near the Mufti's house. It is believed that it
fell from a Jewish convoy which passed that point a few
minutes earlier. No casualties have been reported.
CO 537/3856
1 MARCH 1948
Gaza, 1800 hours. On the main GazaJJaffa road near
Dimra camp, fire was directed at an Arab truck from one of
a convoy of three Jewish vehicles. Ismail Ibrahim El Aila of
Gaza, the driver of the truck, was hit in the head and seriously
wounded. He was admitted to the GazaGovernment Hospital.
CO 537/3856
1 MARCH 1948
2025 hours, civilian car tried to break through Military
road-block; shots fired from car at military personnel. Troops
returned fire. 2 Jews captured, 1 Jew escaped. 1 British soldier
slightly wounded and 2 Jews wounded.
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1 MARCH 1948
Haifa, afternoon. Sheikh Rajeed Yusef El Muslimzni (80)
of Haifa was shot dead by unknown persons in the Wadi Salib
area.
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1 MARCH 1948
Haifa. In Hejaz Street and Iraq Street, the following were
shot and wounded by unknown persons and removed to the
Government Hospital: Mohammed Radwan Mohammed (42)
of Haifa; Madelaine Yusef Marni (45) of Haifa; Farham
Ahmed Ibrahim (30) of Haifa; Ali Hamed Arani (35) of Haifa.
All the above-named persons are in a 'not serious' condition.
CO 537/3856
2 MARCH 1948
Haifa, 0645 hours. In Iraq Street, Fouad Kassim El Zanati
(20) of Iraq Street was shot and fatally injured by unknown persons.
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2 MARCH 1948
At 0700 hours on 2 March, 1948,5-ton green Fargo (with
armour-plated cab) of vehicle number M 963 and owned by
PWD was stolen at Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, by six armed
Jews dressed in TAMC's uniform.
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2 MARCH 1948
Lydda. 0940 hours, Jaffa. Jewish snipers positioned in a
house between the Migdem Chocolate Factory and a distillery
on the Assem Bey Road commenced firing into the area
between the Jaffa/Jerusalem road and the Abu Kebir track.
An Arab woman, Aisha Hassan Sadem (45) of Jaffa, was
seriously wounded. She was removed to the Government
Hospital. A military armoured car in the vicinity was fired on.
A police armoured car returned the fire with no known result.
CO 537/3856
2 MARCH 1948
At 1000 hours on 2 March, 1948, W.D. 3-ton Dodge of
Vehicle number 478217663 and owned by 438 Company
RASC, was stolen at Wadi Rushmiya, Haifa, by four armed
Jews.
CO 537/3856
2 MARCH 1948
At 1230 hours on 2 March, 1948, Bedford (3-ton) of
Vehicle number M 740 Z and owned by C.R.L. was stolen at
Kefar AtaIKefar Hasidim road, Haifa, by four armed Jews
who claim to be Irgun Z'vai Leumi.
CO 537/3856
2 MARCH 1948
Galilee. 1300 hours, Safad. A party of Arabs ploughing
near Mugr El Drus was fired upon by armed Jews who were
ambushing in the vicinity of Miyolot Rash Shahar. The Arabs
state that they did not return the fire. The following casualties
have been reported: 1) Fendi Salah Fendi (27) - dead; 2)
Zahrqa Yassin Badri (40) -dead; 3) Alimi Fendi Salah (40)
- serious. All three persons are from Qabba's village.
CO 537/3856
2 MARCH 1948
Jerusalem. 1610 hours, Rural. Sada Ibrahim Shawan (24)
of Beit Jala was shot between Beit Safafa and Meqor Haim
by a Jewish sniper firing from the direction of Meqor Haim.
He was admitted to Government Hospital - condition not
serious.
CO 537/3856
2 MARCH 1948
Galilee. Afternoon, Tiberias. A Jewish armoured car coming
from the direction of Poriya Colony stopped on the
outskirts of Manara village. Four men got out and fired two
bombs into the village, and then directed small arms fire at
the village. The inhabitants escaped to Nasir Ed Din village.
They returned after an hour to find a notice, printed in Arabic,
posted, stating that the village had been mined. A search was
made but nothing was found. There were no casualties but
slight damage was caused to two houses.
CO 537/3856
2 MARCH 1948
Jews from Ein Aeitim 19632659 fired on Arab vehicle at
Arab funeral. 1 Arab killed.
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2 MARCH 1948
Lydda, Jaffa. Ahmed Taher of Manshiya Quarter, complains
that during recent disturbances, his house and shop in
Carmel Street were blown up and completely destroyed. The
value of the property is estimated at LP. 5,500.
CO 537/3856
2/3 MARCH 1948
Galilee. Evening, Safad. Hassan Mohammed Hassan of
Teitaba was injured when a three-inch mortar bomb fell in the village. It was
fired from the direction of Ein Zeitim Colony.
He was removed to the Government Hospital, Safad. His
condition is not serious. No damage was caused to the village.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
At 0645 hours on 3 March, 1948, Morris Commercial
(1 -ton closed van), containing Posts and Telegraphs, Vehicle
number M 178 P was stolen at Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv,
by 15 armed Jews.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
At 0730 hours on 3 March, 1948, Morris (15-cwt) of
Vehicle number 5813531, owned by W.D. was stolen at
Hadar Hacarmel, Haifa, by five armed Jews.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
At 0730 hours on 3 March, 1948, Dodge (3-ton) of Vehicle
number 56754 B, owned by W.D. was stolen at Hadar Hacarmel,
Haifa, by five armed Jews.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
At 0730 hours on 3 March, 1948, Dodge (15-cwt) of
Vehicle number 5381644, owned by W.D. was stolen at
Hadar Hacarrnel, Haifa, by five armed Jews.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
0840 hours, military type 3-ton vehicle blew up outside
Salameh buildings, Stanton Street, Haifa. 1 Arab house
demolished. 11 Arabs killed; 6 Arabs seriously injured; and
21 Arabs slightly injured.
WO 261/573
3 MARCH 1948
At 1730 hours on 3 March, 1948, Dodge (3-ton) color grey,
Food Control, of Vehicle number M 233 Q, with "Food
Control" painted on the doors, was stolen near Central Bus
Station, Tel Aviv, by 15 armed Jews claiming to be NMO.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
At 1730 hours on 3 March, 1948, Dodge (3-ton) color grey,
Food Control, of Vehicle number M 508 Q, with "Food
Control" painted on the doors, was stolen near Central Bus
Station, Tel Aviv, by 15 armed Jews claiming to be NMO.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
At 1730 hours on 3 March, 1948, Dodge (3-ton) color grey,
Food Control, of Vehicle number M 282 Q, with "Food
Control" painted on the doors, was stolen near Central Bus
Station, Tel Aviv, by 15 armed Jews claiming to be NMO.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
Jerusalem. 1915 hours, Urban. Da'oud Naji Mohammed
Ahmed Sulieman (16) of Beit Safafa, was admitted to the
Government Hospital, suffering from a bullet wound, allegedly
fired from the direction of Mikor Haim. He succumbed
to his wounds at approximately midnight.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
Galilee. Afternoon, Acre Shimat, of Arab El Heib, was
shot and killed when fire from the direction of Givot Zeid was
directed at the encampment of the Arab El Heib, which is
situated near Camp 260.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
Jerusalem. 2320 hours, Urban. Suleiman El Jazi (33) of
Sheikh Jarrah, was wounded in the side, when he alleges a
shot was fired at him from a passing Jewish convoy in Sheikh
Jarrah. He was removed to the Government Hospital where
his condition is reported as not serious.
CO 537/3856
3 MARCH 1948
A larger operation for which they claimed the responsibility
was carried out on 3 March. A 3-ton truck was driven
up to the Salami Building in Stanton Street, the driver got out,
warned the ghaffirs in the Arab Boys' Remand Home on the
opposite side of the street that the vehicle was about to blow
up, and made off in a 15 cwt truck or a pick-up. The ghaffirs
endeavoured to give a warning to the surrounding houses, but
within five minutes the truck exploded. Extensive damage
was done to the area, 11 Arabs were killed and a number
injured. Anti-British feeling was fairly high amongst Arabs
in the neighborhood as a result of a rumour that persons
dressed in British uniform had carried out the attack.
WO 275/79
4 MARCH 1948
Lydda, 0030 hours, Ramle. On the Bashit/Qatra track a
party of unknown persons, believed to have been Jews, fired
on five Arabs who were riding their donkey along the track.
Mohammed Abdul Hadi Subhi (25) of Rashit was seriously
wounded. He was removed to the Omaya Hospital, Ramle.
CO 537/3856
4 MARCH 1948
Lydda. 0200 until 0230 hours, Jaffa. Several explosions
and heavy firing were heard from the Bassa lands area. It was
subsequently revealed that an Arab owned textile factory on
Salameh Road was blown up and completely destroyed.
There were no known casualties.
CO 537/3856
4 MARCH 1948
At 0730 hours on 4 March, 1948, Dodge truck (3-ton) of
Vehicle number 5679405 and owned by W.D. was stolen at
Hertzlia Street, Haifa, by three armed Jews.
CO 537/3856
4 MARCH 1948
Galilee. 0900 hours, Safad, On Jebel Kana'an,
Mohammed Ahmed Assad (12) of Al Kira village was shot
and slightly wounded when he was fired at by unknown
persons from the Rudkenstien Hotel. He was admitted to the
Government Hospital, Safad; his condition is not serious.
CO 537/3856
4 MARCH 1948
At 1140 hours on 4 March, 1948, Morris Commercial
truck (open) 3-ton, color grey with P.P.T.T. painted on both
doors, Vehicle number M 792 H and owned by G.P.O. Tel
Aviv, was stolen at Ben Yehuda Street, Tel Aviv, by a number
of armed Jews.
CO 537/3856
4 MARCH 1948
At 1340 hours, 4 March, 1948, Ford truck (15-cwt) of
Vehicle number 5348757 and owned by W.D. was stolen at
Harbour Street, Haifa, by four armed Jews.
CO 537/3856
4 MARCH 1948
1700 hours, approximately 20 Jews ambushed and fired
on Arab bus on Ramallah-Latrun road. Arabs pursued attackers
into hills and surrounded them. 17 Jews killed.
WO 261/573
4 MARCH 1948
Haifa, afternoon. In Allenby Road, Saleh Ghandos (40) of
Church Square was shot by unknown persons. He was
removed to the Government Hospital, Haifa; his condition is
not serious.
CO 537/3856
4 MARCH 1948
2000 hours, Jews attacked As Saffariya. 1 Arab killed.
WO 261/573
5 MARCH 1948
At 0700 hours, 5 March, 1948, Ford truck (15-cwt) (color
green) with Vehicle test plates, white barrel on mudguards
and owned by Shalom Weissman was stolen near Benei Beraq
by six armed Jews.
CO 537/3856
5 MARCH 1948
At 0800 hours on 5 March, 1948, Dodge truck (3-ton) of
Vehicle number 5675506 and owned by W.D. was stolen at
Hertzliya Street, Haifa, by three armed Jews. Driver was
released after two hours.
CO 537/3856
5 MARCH 1948
Haifa. 0830 hours, Rural. Two Arab 'buses travelling
towards Haifa were fired upon from a Jewish arrnoured car
near Jaba village. There were no casualties in the first 'bus,
but the following casualties were caused to passengers in the
second 'bus: Dead -Nurse Marguerite Divat (35) of Ijzim
village. Slightly Injured - Subhi Masroud (40) of El Masar
village; Abdullah el Saiz (25) of Ijzim village; an Arab
woman, name unknown. The injured persons were removed
to Government Hospital, Haifa.
CO 537/3856
5 MARCH 1948
At 1 145 hours on 5 March, 1948, Morris truck (15-cwt) of
Vehicle number 372320 and owned by W.D. was stolen at
Hertz1 Street, Haifa, by four armed Jews. Driver was released
after three and a half hours.
CO 537/3856
5 MARCH 1948
At 1235 hours on 5 March, 1948, Chevrolet truck (3-ton)
of Vehicle number 5333 145 and owned by W.D. was reported
missing at Qurdani Camp, Haifa.
CO 537/3856
5 MARCH 1948
At 1500 hours on 5 March, 1948, Dodge truck of Vehicle
number 4977685 and owned by W.D. was stolen at Masaryk
Square, Haifa, by armed Jews. HQ4 was painted on the doors
of the Dodge truck.
CO 537/3856
5 MARCH 1948
Haifa. 1520 hours, Rural. The occupants of a Jewish
armoured car, Number M 297, opened fire on an Arab 'bus
on the AthlitIHaifa road near Mazar village. There were no
casualties but slight damage was caused to the 'bus.
CO 537/3856
5 MARCH 1948
Gaza, 1600 hours. Whilst private car number M.515 S,
driven by Jamal Ibrahim Abu Ma'hana of Masmiyeh, was
passing a Jewish convoy near Qastina Camp, the occupants
of the convoy opened fire on the car and killed the driver.
None of the passengers was injured. The body of the driver
was removed to Masmiyeh. The Jewish convoy was reported
to be heading for Nir Am colony.
CO 537/3856
5 MARCH 1948
Lydda. 1645 hours, Jaffa. A police armoured car patrolling
the Abu Kebir area reported that a low-flying monoplane
opened fire with automatic weapons into Abu Kebir. Arab
witnesses state that this machine also dropped two grenades
in the vicinity of the Iron Foundry on the JaffaIJerusalem
road.
Mohammed Ibrahim Berbasi was admitted to the Dajani
Hospital with a bullet wound in the thigh which he stated was
caused by fire from a low-flying plane over Tel Arish.
A later account described the 'plane as being light grey or
white with R.A.F. markings on both wings, and the letters
'VOL' and some figures on the fuselage.
CO 537/3856
6 MARCH 1948
Haifa, approximately 0830 hours. A mortar bomb fired
from the Talpioth Market area struck a house on the Yemen
Steps and exploded. The building was damaged, and the
following casualties resulted: Dead - Ahmed Deeb Kassim
(25); Ramadan Khamil (40); Mahmoud Ramadan Khamil
(12). Seriously Injured - Rashid Ramadan Khamil (15);
Seendab bint Hamed (40). The dead and injured were
removed to Government Hospital.
CO 537/3856
6 MARCH 1948
Haifa, 1430 hours. In Nazareth Street, Rashid El Esawi
(31), of that street, was shot by unknown persons. He was
removed to the Government Hospital. His condition is not
serious.
CO 537/3856
6 MARCH 1948
Lydda. Between 2025 hours and 2050 hours, Jaffa. Automatic
fire, by persons believed to be Jews, was directed at
Manshieh Police Station. There were also two loud explosions,
and numerous smaller ones in the vicinity of the
station. No damage was caused, and there were no casualties.
The area was reported quiet at 2125 hours.
CO 537/3856
6 MARCH 1948
Members of the Haganah attacked the village of Biyar
Addes. They laid bombs in every house of the village, then
withdrew and detonated the explosives. The villagers were
rendered homeless.
United Nations Security Council Official Records,
Supplements - 1948.
6 MARCH 1948
Jewish terrorists killed five Arabs and severely damaged
three buildings by firing three inch mortar shells into the Arab
business district in the harbour area of Haifa. The firing came
from Hadar HaCarmel, an all-Jewish business and residential
section.
United Nations Security Council Official Records,
Supplements - 1948.
7 MARCH 1948
Jerusalem. 0215, Urban. Mohammed Fatleh Joulani (40)
of Hebron was shot and wounded in the leg in Katamon
Quarter. The shot came from the direction of Mikor Haim.
He was admitted to the Government Hospital where his
condition is reported as not serious.
CO 537/3856
7 MARCH 1948
Lydda. 0830 hours, Ramle. Two Jewish armoured cars
were passing through Yazur village when a mine exploded
under one of the vehicles causing slight damage. It was taken
in tow by the other; and as the cars proceeded on their way,
the occupants opened fire on two Arab 'buses and also on
police and military armoured cars which pursued them. The
police and military returned the fire but results could not be
observed. The armoured cars escaped towards Rishon. The
following casualties were sustained by passengers in the Arab
'buses: Ali Hussein Mohammed (24) of Zumuqa village -
slightly injured; Subhi Mohammed Idlein (30) of Gaza -
slightly injured. The injured men were removed to the
Government Hospital, Jaffa.
CO 537/3856
7 MARCH 1948
Lydda. 0930 hours, Ramle. An Arab 'bus was fired on by
Jews from positions in Beit Shugelman on the JaffaJJerusalem
road causing the following casualties: Abdul Wahab
Mohammed Warji (40) of Egypt - slightly injured; Amin
Assad Satawar (50) of Lydda - slightly injured.
CO 537/3856
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