Tag: 1948
Safad Bus Attack – Feb 1948
Date: 12/02/1948 Location: Al-Nabi Yusha, Safad Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 5 Arabs Killed, 5 Injured What Happened? 12 February 1948: At 8 am on the morning of February 12, 1948, a bomb was electronically detonated under a bus en route from al Hula to Safad on the Nabi Yusha-Safad (2026) road and ambushed by Zionist forces.…
Sarafand Al-Amar Raid – Apr 1948
Date: 05/04/1948 Location: Ramle Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 16+ Killed, 20+ Injured What Happened? 05 April 1948: A Haganah paramilitary force invaded the Palestinian Arab town of Sarafand al-Ammar, destroying a building, killing at least 16 Palestinian Arabs and wounding 20 more in the process. The Haganah believed the former Sarafand College, turned British Army staff…
Wadi Nisnas Torching – Mar 1948
Date: 04/03/1948 Location: Haifa Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 19+ killed What Happened? 4 March 1948: A Haganah unit entered and raided the neighbourhood of Wadi Nisnas with orders to “kill adult males”, according to Israeli historian Benny Morris. The attackers threw Molotov cocktails into Palestinian homes, leaving them ablaze. Of the 30 injured Palestinians, “19 of…
Qisarya (Caesarea) Attack – Feb 1948
Date: 20/02/1948 Location: Qisarya, Haifa Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 20 civilians killed What Happened? Between 15-20 February 1948, the Israeli Haganah illegally seized Qisarya, a village south of Haifa. The village was first occupied by the Haganah’s strike force, the Palmach, on February 15 1948, and many villagers fled out of fear of a violent attack…
Salameh Building Bombing, Haifa – Mar 1948
Date: 03/03/1948 Location: Stanton Street, Haifa Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 17 dead, 50 injured What Happened? March 3rd, 1948: a lorry loaded with explosives pulled up next to the Salameh municipal building in the business section of Stanton Street, Haifa (حَيْفَا), and pushed out a barrel containing 400 pounds of explosives, killing 17…
Abu Al-Fadl Grove Attack – Feb 1948
Date: 02/1948 Location: Abu Al-Fadl (Ramle) Perpetrators: Irgun Zvai Leumi Victims: 10 Palestinians, including 1 woman. What Happened? In early February 1948, Abu Al-Fadl, a hamlet located West of Ramle, was attacked. Members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi ambushed the local Palestinian labourers working in one of the hamlet groves. The attack led to the…
Qisarya Bus Attack – Jan 1948
Date: 31/01/1948 Location: Qisarya (Haifa) Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 2 adults; 8 injured What Happened? 31st January 1948 – Palestinians belonging to Qisarya (a village south of Haifa) were travelling on the local No. 25 bus (en route to Haifa) when an electronic mine on the road exploded. The passengers were then fired upon…