Ramat Gan Police Station Raid - Apr 1946

One Minute Massacres: A Historical Archive Project

Ramat Gan Police Station Raid – Apr 1946

Date: 23/04/1946

Location: Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv

Perpetrators: Irgun, Lehi

Victims: 1 dead, 2 injured

What Happened?

British Government Communique No. 56 (23 April 1946): The Ramat Gan Police was attacked by 20-30 Jewish terrorists (dressed in Arab & British uniforms). The attackers blew up culverts on the main roads leading to the station and drove in a three-ton military truck to store the stolen weapons. Multiple blasts were heard in the vicinity.

The raid killed an Arab constable. A British policeman and two Arab supernumeraries were injured.

This raid was a diversion to a more significant terror attack on passenger trains on the Cairo-Haifa Railway on the same day.

References

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

Pictorial and Evidence

British Communique 56, as published on 23 April 1946 detailing the Jewish terror attack on Ramat Gan Fort. — British Communique 56, 23 April 1946