Militiamen Consolidate Gains in Haifa

International News Service, Jerusalem

Transcribed from the clipping

“JERUSALEM, April 23. (INS) — Jewish militiamen consolidated their positions in the port city of Haifa today following a mass exodus of Arabs who fled under attack. Jewish and Arab officials planned…”

Context added by this archive

The 60,000 are gone from the headline. The body still says they fled under attack.

Cite this item

"Militiamen Consolidate Gains in Haifa," Pasadena Star-News, 23 April 1948. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1948-020. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1948-020

Elsewhere in the archive

60,000 Arabs Forced Out of Haifa As Jews Win Military ControlThe Idaho Statesman · 23 April 1948 · the same dispatch, carried by another paper
60,000 Arabs Fleeing HaifaWorcester Telegram · 23 April 1948 · the same dispatch, carried by another paper
60,000 Arabs Set To Evacuate CityThe Idaho Statesman · 23 April 1948 · the same dispatch, carried by another paper
Arabs Forced To Evacuate HaifaThe State Journal-Register · 23 April 1948 · the same dispatch, carried by another paper
JEWS TAKE TWO FORTS FROM ARABSMt. Vernon Register-News · 1948 · the same year
CRISIS NEARS CLIMAXChicago Tribune · 9 February 1948 · the same year
ISRAEL CALLS FOR U.N. STEPS TO STOP ARABSChicago Tribune · 9 February 1948 · the same year

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