Bonham Daily Favorite · 16 January 1948

CP-1948-069

Haganah Squads Bomb Houses in Arab Haifa; 30 Are Killed

Heavy Weapons Used In Attack

United Press, Jerusalem

Scan 646 × 844 pixels

Transcribed from the clipping

“JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 (UP) — Jewish Haganah squads struck at Arabs in Haifa in a two-hour attack before dawn today and reports of casualties ranged to 30 Arabs killed with an equal number wounded… Jewish sources said the attack was made by 400 Haganah members who invaded Haifa… and fought into the heart of the Arab section.

The Jews blew up five houses and an Arab garage, where scores of Arab-owned vehicles were parked… The attack, described as the largest made by Jews in Haifa, was carried out with mortars, automatic weapons and fire bombs. Among the buildings destroyed was a three-story house, alleged to be the headquarters of the Arab National Organization.”

Context added by this archive

Three months before the fall of Haifa, and eleven weeks before Deir Yassin. The left edge of the scan is trimmed; only what is fully legible is transcribed.

A correction

The presentation captions this scan 16 January and the other on its slide 18 May. The datelines are the other way round, and both records follow the datelines.

Cite this clipping

More from the 1940s

• Jewish Reprisal Raids On Two Arab Villages Take Toll of 8 LivesThe News Journal · 1 January 1948
• Palestine Blasts Rip Arab OfficesThe New York Times · 5 January 1948
• Jews Blow Up Military Post Of Jaffa ArabsMorning Advocate · 5 January 1948
• Ninety Wounded In Truck Blast At HeadquartersThe Beaumont Enterprise · 5 January 1948
• Jews Dynamite HQ of Arabs’ High CommandDaily News · 5 January 1948
• 15 Arabs Die In Jaffa BlastTerre Haute Tribune · 5 January 1948
• All 334 clippings from the 1940s →

In these collections