What Happened?

8 March 1947: Irgun militants lobbed five hand grenades from a moving automobile close to a British military camp on Allenby Road in Haifa. The soldiers returned fire, but the attackers managed to escape.

This attack was a response to the Operations ‘Hippo’ and ‘Elephant’ of the British army to curb Zionist terrorism in Mandatory Palestine. Multiple terror attacks were reported on this date.

References

Bell, J. B. (1977). Terror out of Zion: The fight for Israeli Independence. St. Martin’s Press.

Pictorial and Evidence

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