Tag: Palmach
Fajja Coffeehouse Bombing – May 1947
Date: 20/05/1947 Location: Petah Tikva Perpetrators: Palmach Victims: 2+ killed, 6+ injured What Happened? 20 May 1947: A coffeehouse in the Palestinian village of Fajja in the subdistrict of Jaffa was bombed by Palmach, a strike force of the Israeli Haganah. The Haganah alleged that the coffeehouse was hiding bandits. The bombing of the building…
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…