Tag: High casualties
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…
Cairo-Haifa Railway Bombing – Apr 2024
Date: 22/04/1947 Location: Rehovot Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 8 killed, 27 injured What Happened? 22 April 1947: A 12-coach mixed military and civilian Cairo-Haifa train was derailed and wrecked after being attacked by Lehi terrorists from an orange grove. The derailment occurred after a land mine exploded under a first-class coach. The disoriented…
King David Hotel Bombing – Jul 1946
Date: 22/07/1946 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Irgun, Haganah Victims: 91 dead, 46 injured What Happened? July 22, 1946: A stolen truck pulled up to the side of the King David Hotel after passing all of the safety measures put up by the British Military. Approximately 15 militants, some of whom were dressed to look like…