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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 abducted 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 ...
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.
18 February – British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin announces that the United Kingdom has decided to give up its mandate over Palestine and allow the United Nations to determine the country's future. 3 March – 13 people are killed in a raid on a British officer's club in Jerusalem by the Irgun. Simultaneously, multiple other targets ...
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 ...
December 16, 1947 10 10 killed by bomb at Noga Cinema in Jaffa. [34] al-Khisas massacre: December 18, 1947 10 10 Arabs killed [1] N/A December 24, 1947 8 4 Jews killed in Haifa by snipers, 4 Arabs killed in reprisals [1] N/A December 26, 1947 7 7 Jews killed while driving in convoy to Jerusalem [1] N/A December 28, 1947 10
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine, the 1948 Palestine War and the decolonisation of Asia Palestinian fighters in front of a burning Haganah armoured supply truck near the city of Jerusalem (March 1948) Date 30 November 1947 – 14 ...
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 ...
1947, March 1 17 British officers killed, during bombing of the Goldschmidt Officer's Club. [40] 1947, March 12 1 British soldier killed during the attack on Schneller Camp. [40] 1947, June 18 One Haganah member killed by a booby trap while sealing a tunnel dug by Irgun to blow up the British Headquarter in Citrus House, Tel Aviv. [41] [42 ...