Kiriat Haim Truck Ambush – May 1947
Date: 04/05/1947
Location: Acre
Perpetrators: Irgun or Lehi
Victims: 5 soldiers injured
What Happened?
04 May 1947: A British military truck was ambushed by a road mine placed by either Irgun or Lehi militants. Five British soldiers were injured in the explosion. The truck was travelling on the Haifa-Acre road, a kilometre from Kiriat Haim.
This attack happened during the same time as the Acre Prison raid, indicating that Zionist militants had mined the civilian roads before the attack.
Also Cited in:
Bell, J. B. (1977). Terror out of Zion: The fight for Israeli Independence. St. Martin’s Press.
Pictorial and Evidence

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