Category: One Minute Massacres: A Historical Archive Project
Failed Taxi Hijacking – Apr 1947
Date: 26/04/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 26 April 1947: A Jewish taxi driver reported to the police that he had fought off Irgun terrorists who sought to steal his taxi. The terrorists had used a young woman to hire and bring the cab to a secluded part of Rehov Tabor.…
Haifa CID Chief Assassination – Apr 1947
Date: 26/04/1947 Location: Haifa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 1 killed What Happened? 26 April 1947: A taxi carrying Irgun assassins drove past the cab of Haifa’s CID (Criminal Investigation Department) Chief, Mr. A.E. Conquest, outside the Appinger Hotel in Carmel Avenue. The assassins shot at Mr. Conquest, who stood outside the cab, hitting him twice in…
Sarona Police Bombing – Apr 1947
Date: 25/04/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 4 dead, 6 injured What Happened? 26 April 1947: A land mine exploded near a Sarona Police billet in Sarona, Tel Aviv-Jaffa. The police later confirmed that the mine had been set up by the banned terrorist outfit, Lohamei Herut Yisrael (Lehi). The explosion…
Attempted Hanging of a British Hostage – Apr 1947
Date: 24/04/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 24 March 1947: A group of Jewish British Police officers, secretly working with the banned outfit Irgun, roamed the streets of Tel Aviv-Jaffa to find a British hostage to hang and murder. Armed with submachine guns and pistols, they found an Englishman in…
Wilhelma-Petah Tikva Rd Mine Ambush – April 1947
Date: 23/04/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 4 wounded What Happened? 23 April 1947: A light British military truck (15 cwt) was struck by a land mine that exploded near a three-ton lorry on Wilhelma-Petah Tikva Road, three miles from Jaffa. The explosion blew the light truck off the road, resulting in four injuries.…
Cairo-Haifa Railway Bombing – Apr 2024
Date: 22/04/1947 Location: Rehovot Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 8 killed, 27 injured What Happened? 22 April 1947: A 12-coach mixed military and civilian Cairo-Haifa train was derailed and wrecked after being attacked by Lehi terrorists from an orange grove. The derailment occurred after a land mine exploded under a first-class coach. The disoriented…
Failed Preparations to Hang British Soldiers – Apr 1947
Date: 21/03/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun / Lehi Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 21 April 1947: The local police found two ropes tied into nooses, two grenades, a flash bomb, printing dies to forge civilian identities, 30 rounds of ammunition, grenade-training instruction manuals, and two detonators. Three arrests were made in connection with this…
Petah Tikva Failed Cache Transit – Apr 1947
Date: 21/04/1947 Location: Petah Tikva Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 21 April 1947: A police patrol opened fire on a suspicious van that did not stop at a checkpoint in Petah Tikva. The van sped away from the police, who gave chase. It was later found abandoned in a sand track leading from…
Hadera (North) Mine Ambush – Apr 1947
Date: 21/04/1947 Location: Hadera Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 1 wounded What Happened? 21 April 1947: A British military convoy heading towards Haifa was ambushed by a road mine on a civilian road, destroying a truck. The truck driver was injured in the attack. This attack followed deadly raids, grenade attacks, and mine ambushes by the Irgun a few days earlier.…
Ramle-Aqir Road Failed Mine Attack – Apr 1947
Date: 21/04/1947 Location: Ramle Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 21 April 1947: A land mine exploded under a British military vehicle on the Ramleh-Aqir road in the morning, causing damage to the truck. Another land mine that had been planted on the same highway exploded three hours later, missing any civilian casualties. This…