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The Town Talk · 28 May 1948

CP-1948-155

PART OF JERUSALEM SURRENDERS TO ARABS

PART OF JERUSALEM SURRENDERS TO ARABS — The Town Talk, 28 May 1948
The Town Talk · 28 May 1948
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Fewer than 400 Jewish fighters had been holding a last thin line aganist the Arab onslaught behind the walls of the old city. The Jewish fighters took cover yesterday in three stone houses beneath the south wall. Arab foot troops were sent in to root them out, after the legionnaires had captured and occupied the great Hurva synagogue, long a stronghold of the Jews.

(The Israeli forces say they still hold most of the modern city outside the walls.)

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"PART OF JERUSALEM SURRENDERS TO ARABS," The Town Talk, 28 May 1948. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1948-155. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1948-155

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