Category: One Minute Massacres: A Historical Archive Project
Syrian Orphanage Bombing – Mar 1946
Date: 12/03/1946 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 1 dead, 6 wounded What Happened? 12 March 1946: The Royal Army Pay Corps’s headquarters, located at the Syrian Orphanage in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), was struck by explosives planted by Lehi. The militants split into four squads – two squads placed explosive barrels on the…
Salameh Building Bombing, Haifa – Mar 1948
Date: 03/03/1948 Location: Stanton Street, Haifa Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 17 dead, 50 injured What Happened? March 3rd, 1948: a lorry loaded with explosives pulled up next to the Salameh municipal building in the business section of Stanton Street, Haifa (حَيْفَا), and pushed out a barrel containing 400 pounds of explosives, killing 17…
Barclays Bank Building Bombing – Mar 1946
Date: 01/03/1946 Location: Haifa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 4 dead, 6 injured What Happened? 1st March 1946: An explosion happened on the 3rd floor of the Barclays Bank building in Kingsway, Haifa. The blast fatally injured 2 people, and four were wounded. The floor contained offices of the Haifa Shipping Agency, the Movements Office for Haifa…
Goldschmidth House Bombing – Mar 1946
Date: 01/03/1946 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 20 dead, 30+ wounded What Happened? Militants of the Irgun Zvai Leumi used a Bren light machine gun on King George Avenue (a high-security zone) in Jerusalem, opposite the Yeshuron Synagogue. The indiscriminate firing was a distraction to lure the local police’s attention away from an explosive-laden…
Abu Al-Fadl Grove Attack – Feb 1948
Date: 02/1948 Location: Abu Al-Fadl (Ramle) Perpetrators: Irgun Zvai Leumi Victims: 10 Palestinians, including 1 woman. What Happened? In early February 1948, Abu Al-Fadl, a hamlet located West of Ramle, was attacked. Members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi ambushed the local Palestinian labourers working in one of the hamlet groves. The attack led to the…
Qisarya Bus Attack – Jan 1948
Date: 31/01/1948 Location: Qisarya (Haifa) Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 2 adults; 8 injured What Happened? 31st January 1948 – Palestinians belonging to Qisarya (a village south of Haifa) were travelling on the local No. 25 bus (en route to Haifa) when an electronic mine on the road exploded. The passengers were then fired upon…