Romema Petrol Station Attack – Dec 1947
Date: 27/12/1947
Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem)
Perpetrators: Haganah, Irgun, Lehi
Victims: At least 6 killed
What Happened?
27 December 1947: Militants of the Irgun Zvai Leumi bombed a petrol station and coffee shop in the Romema neighbourhood of Al-Quds (Jerusalem). Days earlier, Irgun had thrown false grenades at the petrol station.
This attack led to the death of 5 Palestinian Arabs.
References
Benny Morris, “The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem 1947-1949 Revisited”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, Sydney, 2004.
Pictorial and Evidence
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