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The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing [1] of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack [2] [3] on 22 July 1946, by the militant right-wing [4] Zionist underground organization Irgun during the Jewish insurgency.
4 British policemen killed in Irgun bank robbery. [51] 1947, September 29: 10 killed (4 British policemen, 4 Arab policemen and an Arab couple) and 53 injured in Haifa police headquarters bombing by Irgun. One ton of explosives in a barrel was used for the bombing and Irgun said it was done on the first day of Sukkot to avoid Jewish casualties.
The bombing of the British Embassy at Porta Pia in Rome was a terrorist action [1] perpetrated by the Irgun that occurred on 31 October 1946. Two suitcases containing timed explosives were planted near the embassy's front entrance; the resulting blast injured two people and damaged the building's residential section beyond repair.
September 29 – 10 killed (4 British policemen, 4 Arab policemen and an Arab couple) and 53 injured in Haifa police headquarters bombing by Irgun. One ton of explosives in a barrel was used for the bombing and Irgun said it was done on the first day of Sukkot to avoid Jewish casualties. [150] [151] [152] [153]
The Irgun also carried out repeated attacks against military and police traffic using disguised, electronically detonated roadside mines which could be detonated by an operator hiding nearby as a vehicle passed, carried out arms raids against military bases and police stations (often disguised as British soldiers), launched bombing, shooting ...
The exact details of the bomb, including photographs and diagrams, were mailed by Paglin to British authorities and newspapers a few days after the attack. [14] Irgun named the attack "Operation Hambaf", a contraction of the words Hamburg, the city where the SS Exodus returned to, and Afalpi , the name of another refugee ship redirected by the ...
1946 Railways and British military airfields were attacked several times. October 31, 1946 The bombing by the Irgun of the British Embassy in Rome. Nearly half the building was destroyed and 3 people were injured. [52] April 16, 1947 An Irgun bomb placed at the Colonial Office in London failed to detonate. [53]
June 29 – Four British soldiers were wounded in a Lehi attack at a Herzliya beach. [citation needed] September 3 – A postal bomb sent by either Irgun or Lehi exploded in the post office sorting room of the British War Office in London, injuring two. [18] September 26 – Irgun fighters robbed a bank, killing four British policemen. [19]