Tag: Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Citrus House Bombing – Mar 1947
Date: 08/03/1947 Location: Beit Hadar, Tel Aviv Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: Unknown What Happened? On 9 March 1947, three heavy explosions occurred near Citrus House (present-day Beit Hadar) in Tel Aviv. Citrus House housed a British Army Headquarters. Armed Irgun militants shot at British positions, causing extensive damage to critical public infrastructure, including power lines that…
Tel Aviv Railway Bombing – Apr 1946
Date: 23/04/1946 Location: Tel Aviv Perpetrators: Irgun Victims: 1 dead, 1 injured What Happened? British Government Communique No. 56 (23 April 1946): “At about the same time, four explosions occurred in a waiting room in Tel Aviv railway station, causing damage. One Jewish terrorist was seriously wounded while igniting a bomb. He was captured and…