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The Sergeants affair (Hebrew: פרשת הסרג'נטים) was an incident that took place in July 1947 during Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, in which the Jewish underground group Irgun kidnapped two British Army Intelligence Corps NCOs, Sergeant Clifford Martin and Sergeant Mervyn Paice, and threatened to hang them if the death sentences passed on three Irgun militants—Avshalom ...
UN 1947 partition plan for Palestine. 7 January – The founding of the kibbutz Mivtahim. 26 January – Irgun members kidnap a British intelligence officer two days before the planned execution date of the Irgun member Dov Gruner. 27 January – Irgun members kidnap the British President of the district court of Tel Aviv.
The British High Commissioner implemented martial law the following day in Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, the declaration affected civil services and governing. British soldiers arrested suspects throughout Palestine before martial law was lifted on 17 March.
In April 1947 the issue was formally referred to the UN. By this time over 100,000 British soldiers were stationed in Palestine. Referral to the UN led to a period of uncertainty over Palestine's future. A United Nations committee, the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) was sent to investigate the problem. On August 31, 1947 ...
An angry crowd massacred 39 Jewish people in revenge, until British soldiers reestablished calm. [23] [31] In reprisals, soldiers from the Palmach and the Carmeli brigade, attacked the villages of Balad ash-Sheikh and Hawassa. In what became known as the Balad al-Shaykh massacre, between 60 to 70 villagers were killed. [32] [33] [34]
November 30, 1947 7 7 Jews killed in two incidents by gunfire [28] 1947 Jerusalem riots: December 2, 1947 14 8 Jews Reported Killed [29] [30] al-Tira: December 12, 1947 13 13 Arabs killed, 10 wounded [31] [32] N/A December 12, 1947 20 20 killed, 5 wounded by barrel bomb at Damascus Gate. [33] N/A December 13, 1947 16
The British Mandate for Palestine was an instrument of government instituted by the League of Nations for the administration of territories formerly under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. British rule lasted from 1917 to 1948.The British Mandatory authorities during their rule executed hundreds of residents of Palestine, the overwhelming ...
Irgun men disguised as British soldiers. The break-out was originally planned for April, but was eventually rescheduled for Sunday, May 4, 1947, at 4 p.m., the day the United Nations General Assembly convened to discuss the Palestine issue. The Irgun High Command selected 41 prisoners for escape: 30 Irgun and 11 Lehi, as that was the available ...