Tag: Jerusalem
Syrian Orphanage Bombing – Mar 1946
Date: 12/03/1946 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 1 dead, 6 wounded What Happened? 12 March 1946: The Royal Army Pay Corps’s headquarters, located at the Syrian Orphanage in Al-Quds (Jerusalem), was struck by explosives planted by Lehi. The militants split into four squads – two squads placed explosive barrels on the…
Goldschmidth House Bombing – Mar 1946
Date: 01/03/1946 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 20 dead, 30+ wounded What Happened? Militants of the Irgun Zvai Leumi used a Bren light machine gun on King George Avenue (a high-security zone) in Jerusalem, opposite the Yeshuron Synagogue. The indiscriminate firing was a distraction to lure the local police’s attention away from an explosive-laden…
Menachem Begin: Israeli Terrorist who became Prime Minister & won Nobel Peace Prize
In the late morning hours of July 22nd 1946, a stolen truck pulled into the service entrance of King David Hotel in Al-Quds, Palestine (the correct name for Jerusalem). It brought inside six terrorists. Two armed terrorists walked into the lobby and basement and herded the hotel staff into a kitchen. The other four terrorists…