The Times · 16 February 1948
CP-1948-005
Arab Village Attacked by Bomb Squads
11 Lives Lost, 14 Houses Destroyed in Raid by Haganah
United Press, Jerusalem
Transcribed from the clipping
“Jerusalem, Feb. 15 (UP). — Bomb squads of the Jewish Haganah organization attacked an Arab village and dynamited five bridges in predawn operations today over a wide area of Northern Palestine bordering on Lebanon and Trans-Jordan. An official announcement said that the death toll in Palestine in 24 hours had been 13 Arabs and one Jew killed.
Thirteen Jews, nine British soldiers and an Italian civilian were wounded. There were unconfirmed reports that six Jews and one British policeman were killed in clashes at Haifa which continued all day.
Official reports said that 11 Arabs were killed and 14 houses destroyed in an attack on Susa village, which lies at a crossroads leading to 10 Jewish settlements bordering the Lebanon frontier. Three Arabs were wounded. Haganah said that Arabs had used” (Continued on page two.)
Context added by this archive
Haganah’s own account of why begins in the last line on the front and runs onto page two, which is not part of the clipping.
Cite this clipping
"Arab Village Attacked by Bomb Squads," The Times, 16 February 1948, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1948-005. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1948-005
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