Tag: Grenades
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,…
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…
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 Camp No. 82 Raid – Mar 1947
Date: 12/03/1947 Location: Pardes Hanna-Karkur Perpetrators: Lehi Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 12 March 1947: Lehi militants began a failed raid at the British Army Camp No. 82 near Karkur. The army sentries reported an assault by three or four men with automatic weapons. The attackers threw two hand grenades. No casualties occurred. This attack…
British Military Camp 87 Attack – Mar 1947
Date: 10/03/1947 Location: Hadera Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 1 killed, 6 wounded What Happened? 10 March 1947: One British soldier was killed as a result of gunfire and hand grenades when Irgun militants attacked from nearby citrus groves. Unconfirmed reports stated that these groves were going to be uprooted by the British army to prevent further…
Rehavia Grenade Attack – Mar 1947
Date: 08/03/1947 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 3 soldiers seriously injured What Happened? 8 March 1947: Three British soldiers were seriously injured after being struck by two grenades near Cafe Rehavia in Al-Quds (Jerusalem). Irgun militants had lobbed them out of a moving taxi before escaping. This attack was a response to the Operations…
Allenby Grenade Attack – Mar 1947
Date: 08/03/1947 Location: Haifa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 3 civilians injured What Happened? 8 March 1947: Irgun militants lobbed five hand grenades from a moving automobile close to a British military camp on Allenby Road in Haifa. The soldiers returned fire, but the attackers managed to escape. This attack was a response to the Operations ‘Hippo’…