Tag: 1947
Nebi Samuel Grenade Attack – Apr 1947
Date: 21/04/1947 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 3 wounded What Happened? 21 April 1947: Two jeeps of the British military, each manned by two soldiers, were rocked by two hand grenades thrown at them by Irgun militants. The jeeps were careered off the road after being shot at, and struck an innocent municipal dustman,…
Kfar Bilu Failed Mine Attack – Apr 1947
Date: 19/04/1947 Location: Kfar Bilu Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 19 April 1947: A British military patrol found a landmine on the highway near Kfar Bilu, likely intended to ambush government targets. An electrically detonated mine had wounded five British soldiers only a few weeks earlier in Haifa. Road mines like this one…
Two Failed Shootings – Apr 1947
Date: 19/04/1947 Location: Haifa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 19 April 1947: The Palestine Post reports two separate attacks on British soldiers in Haifa. No casualties were suffered by the government forces, and a car used by the terrorists was damaged upon returning fire. The attackers likely belonged to the Irgun Zvai Leumi.…
Allenby Road Grenade Attack – Apr 1947
Date: 19/04/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 2 police constables injured What Happened? 19 April 1947: A grenade was thrown at two police constables from a moving taxi in which sat four armed militants. The grenade blast injured two police constables, and the assailants were successful in escaping. The local police later announced that…
Netanya Leave Camp Raid – Apr 1947
Date: 19/04/1947 Location: Netanya Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 2 killed What Happened? 19 April 1947: Seven men and a young girl belonging to the Irgun Zvai Leumi attacked the Netanya Leave Camp, killing an 18-year-old British sentry posted at the entrance. The attackers blew up the camp’s Medical Inspection room and the house of the Officer…
Hadar Hacarmel Truck Bombing – Apr 1947
Date: 03/04/1947 Location: Hadar Hacarmel, Haifa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 5 wounded What Happened? 3 April 1947: A military truck carrying British soldiers belonging to the 6th Airborne Division was ambushed by an electrically detonated mine, concealed as a milestone. Two soldiers and three civilians were injured in the explosion. This attack happened a few days…
Haifa Refinery Bombing – Mar 1947
Date: 31/03/1947 Location: Haifa Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: Massive environmental & financial damage What Happened? 31 March 1947: Lehi (Stern Gang), a terror outfit banned by the British Government, exploded and detonated two bombs inside the Haifa Refinery, located close to the Haifa port. The explosions caused cascading fires that engulfed much of…
Moshe Barazani Arrest – Mar 1947
Date: 09/03/1947 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Lehi Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 9 March 1947: A Jewish man was arrested by the local police on the charge of hand grenade possession. The suspect was later identified as Moshe Barazani, a terrorist belonging to the illegal Lehi / Stern Gang group in Mandate Palestine. Barazani was…
Army Jeep Shooting – Mar 1947
Date: 12/03/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Lehi Victims: 1 soldier injured What Happened? 12 March 1947: A British military car was shot at on the Tel Aviv-Haifa road by what is described as a Bren gun, extensively manufactured and used by illegal Israeli militant groups in Mandate Palestine. A British soldier was injured in the…
Tulkarm Military Convoy Attack – Mar 1947
Date: 12/03/1947 Location: Tulkarm Perpetrators: Lehi Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 12 March 1947: A British military convoy was fired at by Israeli (Lehi / Stern Gang) militants as it passed the town of Tulkarem in the evening. The attack failed to inflict any casualties. This attack coincided with the deadly attack on the British Army’s…