Tag: Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Failed Taxi Hijacking – Apr 1947
Date: 26/04/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 26 April 1947: A Jewish taxi driver reported to the police that he had fought off Irgun terrorists who sought to steal his taxi. The terrorists had used a young woman to hire and bring the cab to a secluded part of Rehov Tabor.…
Sarona Police Bombing – Apr 1947
Date: 25/04/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 4 dead, 6 injured What Happened? 26 April 1947: A land mine exploded near a Sarona Police billet in Sarona, Tel Aviv-Jaffa. The police later confirmed that the mine had been set up by the banned terrorist outfit, Lohamei Herut Yisrael (Lehi). The explosion…
Attempted Hanging of a British Hostage – Apr 1947
Date: 24/04/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 24 March 1947: A group of Jewish British Police officers, secretly working with the banned outfit Irgun, roamed the streets of Tel Aviv-Jaffa to find a British hostage to hang and murder. Armed with submachine guns and pistols, they found an Englishman in…
Wilhelma-Petah Tikva Rd Mine Ambush – April 1947
Date: 23/04/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 4 wounded What Happened? 23 April 1947: A light British military truck (15 cwt) was struck by a land mine that exploded near a three-ton lorry on Wilhelma-Petah Tikva Road, three miles from Jaffa. The explosion blew the light truck off the road, resulting in four injuries.…
Failed Preparations to Hang British Soldiers – Apr 1947
Date: 21/03/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun / Lehi Victims: Failed attack What Happened? 21 April 1947: The local police found two ropes tied into nooses, two grenades, a flash bomb, printing dies to forge civilian identities, 30 rounds of ammunition, grenade-training instruction manuals, and two detonators. Three arrests were made in connection with this…
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…
Army Jeep Shooting – Mar 1947
Date: 12/03/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Lehi Victims: 1 soldier injured What Happened? 12 March 1947: A British military car was shot at on the Tel Aviv-Haifa road by what is described as a Bren gun, extensively manufactured and used by illegal Israeli militant groups in Mandate Palestine. A British soldier was injured in the…
Hadashot Haerev Escort Mine Attack – Mar 1947
Date: 12/03/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Lehi / Stern Gang Victims: 2 injured What Happened? 12 March 1947: A military escort jeep assigned to cover the lorry of ‘Hadashot Haerev’ (an evening newspaper) was struck by explosives on the main highway off Sarona, suffering extensive damage. The driver and one escort were injured, the latter…
Sarona Camp Attack – Mar 1947
Date: 08/03/1947 Location: Sarona Co-op Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 1 British guardsman killed, 15 civilians injured What Happened? 8 March 1947: Intensive attacks against the British were launched by the Irgun Zvai Leumi after 8 pm. A British Coldstream Guardsman was killed in this surprise attack, while an Arab constable was injured. Fifteen civilians were injured…
Jaffa Police H.Q. Bombing – Mar 1947
Date: 08/03/1947 Location: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: What Happened? 9 March 1947: A lorry filled with Butagas cylinders exploded outside the Jaffa Police HQ after the Irgun militants shot small arms fire at it. The casualties are unknown, except for the extensive damage to the surrounding areas. This bombing was one of the three…