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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine and the decolonisation of Asia Palestine Railway K class 2-8-4T steam locomotive and freight train derailed from the Jaffa and Jerusalem line after being sabotaged by Jewish insurgents in 1946 Date 1 ...
30 August – Sir John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine. 20 September – World War II: The Jewish Brigade group of the British Army is established. [1] 19 October – Irgun and Lehi members are deported by the Mandate authorities to internment camps in Africa.
The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, [1] more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade Group [2] or Jewish Brigade, [3] was a military formation of the British Army in the Second World War. It was formed in late 1944 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and was recruited among Yishuv Jews from Mandatory Palestine and commanded by Anglo-Jewish officers.
The Night of the Bridges (formally Operation Markolet) was a Haganah venture on the night of 16 to 17 June 1946 in the British Mandate of Palestine, as part of the Jewish insurgency in Palestine (1944–47).
5 5 Arabs were killed by a bomb at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem. [21] [22] N/A June 19, 1939 20 20 Arabs were killed by explosives mounted on a donkey at a marketplace in Haifa. [21] [23] Italian Bombing of Tel Aviv: September 9, 1940 137 130 Jews and 7 Arabs killed in a bombing run. [24] N/A November 1, 1945 4 5 locomotives destroyed in Lydda ...
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The assault occurred as Jewish militia sought to relieve Arab siege of Jews in Jerusalem. Around 107 villagers were killed during and after the battle for the village, including women and children—some were shot, while others died when hand grenades were thrown into their homes. 4 among the Irgun and Lehi forces were killed too.
The incident was part of the 1947–1948 civil war between Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine. It was preceded by a number of violent incidents, perpetrated one in retaliation for the other. A Haganah attack on the village on December 11th or 12th killed six Palestinians.