Tag: 1947
Failed Preparations to Hang British Soldiers – Apr 1947
Date: 21/03/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun / Lehi Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 21 April 1947: The local police found two ropes tied into nooses, two grenades, a flash bomb, printing dies to forge civilian identities, 30 rounds of ammunition, grenade-training instruction manuals, and two detonators. Three arrests were made in connection with this…
Petah Tikva Failed Cache Transit – Apr 1947
Date: 21/04/1947 Location: Petah Tikva Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 21 April 1947: A police patrol opened fire on a suspicious van that did not stop at a checkpoint in Petah Tikva. The van sped away from the police, who gave chase. It was later found abandoned in a sand track leading from…
Hadera (North) Mine Ambush – Apr 1947
Date: 21/04/1947 Location: Hadera Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 1 wounded What Happened? 21 April 1947: A British military convoy heading towards Haifa was ambushed by a road mine on a civilian road, destroying a truck. The truck driver was injured in the attack. This attack followed deadly raids, grenade attacks, and mine ambushes by the Irgun a few days earlier.…
Ramle-Aqir Road Failed Mine Attack – Apr 1947
Date: 21/04/1947 Location: Ramle Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 21 April 1947: A land mine exploded under a British military vehicle on the Ramleh-Aqir road in the morning, causing damage to the truck. Another land mine that had been planted on the same highway exploded three hours later, missing any civilian casualties. This…
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…