This listing is incomplete.
date | location | killed | injured | description |
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21 Jun 1936 | Jerusalem | 42 | ? | Arab terrorists attack train near Jerusalem, killing 40 Arabs and 2 Jews |
22 Jun 1936 | Jerusalem | 5 | ? | Arab terrorists attack train near Jerusalem, killing 5 Arabs |
Sep 1937 | British Palestine | 10 | ? | Irgun attacks against Arabs |
Sep 1937 | British Palestine | 3 | ? | 3 Jews murdered |
26 Sep 1937 | Nazareth | 2 | 0 | district commissioner of Galilee and his bodyguard shot and killed while leaving church |
14 Nov 1937 | British Palestine | 10 | ? | Irgun attacks in Arab neighborhoods |
Jul 1938 | British Palestine | 44 | ? | |
4 Jul 1938 | Jerusalem | 5 | ? | Irgun attacks on Arab headquarters in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv |
6 Jul 1938 | Haifa | 23 | 79 | Irgun bombing in Arab market |
15 Jul 1938 | Jerusalem | 10 | 29 | Irgun bombing in Arab market |
25 Jul 1938 | Haifa | 66 | 46 | Irgun bombing in market, killing 65 Arabs and 1 Jew |
26 Aug 1938 | Haifa | 21 | 27 | bombing in Arab vegetable market |
28 Aug 1938 | Kul Tarin, Caesarea | 2 | 0 | 2 Greek monks kidnapped and killed |
10 Sep 1938 | Beersheba | 1 | 0 | attack during theft of weapons, 1 police officer killed |
1 Jan 1939 | Jerusalem | 1 | 0 | British official assassinated in bombing of his car by Arab terrorists |
25 Nov 1940 | Haifa | 267 | 172 | bombing and sinking of ship carrying Jewish immigrants |
9 Jan 1942 | British Palestine | 2 | 0 | 2 Jews killed during bank robbery |
2 Mar 1944 | British Palestine | 0 | 1 | Irgun attack injures police officer |
13 Mar 1944 | British Palestine | 1 | 0 | Lehi attack kills police officer |
19 Mar 1944 | British Palestine | 1 | 0 | Lehi terrorist killed |
23 Mar 1944 | Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | Lehi attacks on police officers |
23 Mar 1944 | Haifa | 3 | ? | Irgun bombing on police station |
23 Mar 1944 | Tel Aviv | 1 | ? | attacks on police officers |
23 Mar 1944 | multiple | 6 | 12 | bombing and shooting attacks on police officers in Haifa, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv |
27 Mar 1944 | Tel Aviv | 0 | 1 | police officer shot |
27 Dec 1945 | Jerusalem | 10 | 12 | Irgun and Lehi bombings of police stations in Jerusalem and Haifa |
25 Apr 1946 | Tel Aviv | 7 | 0 | Lehi shooting attack on British soldiers at Sixth Airborne car park |
22 Jul 1946 | Jerusalem | 91 | 45 | Irgun Zvai Leumi group bombs British offices at the King David Hotel, after telephoned warning |
1 Mar 1947 | British Palestine | 22 | 40 | Irgun bombing of officer's club in Bevingrad, killing 20 and injuring 30; bombings at 15 other sites in Palestine killing 2, injuring 10 |
1 Mar 1947 | Bevingrad | 20 | 30 | Irgun bombing of officer's club |
1 Mar 1947 | British Palestine | 2 | 10 | Irgun and Stern groups bomb 15 targets in Palestine |
8 Mar 1947 | Jerusalem | 5 | ? | attack on British headquarters; 1 guard and 4 terrorists killed |
12 Mar 1947 | Jerusalem | 1 | ? | bombing of British army office, killing 1 soldier |
29 Mar 1947 | Ramle | 1 | ? | attack near Ramle camp killed 1 British soldier |
8 Apr 1947 | Jerusalem | 1 | ? | British police officer killed |
18 Apr 1947 | British Palestine | 2 | 2 | 2 British soldiers killed, 2 police officers injured in shooting attack |
18 Apr 1947 | Tel Aviv | 1 | ? | 1 civilian killed in Irgun attack on British armored car |
20 Apr 1947 | Tel Aviv | 0 | 12 | 12 British soldiers injured in multiple bombings |
22 Apr 1947 | Rehoboth (Rehovot) | 8 | 27 | bombing of Cairo-Haifa train, killing 5 British soldiers and 3 civilians |
24 Apr 1947 | British Palestine | 4 | ? | truck carrying British soldiers hit by mine |
25 Apr 1947 | Sarona | 4 | ? | bombing of police station |
26 Apr 1947 | Tel Aviv | 5 | ? | several attacks in Tel Aviv |
4 May 1947 | Acre | 16 | 32 | Irgun bombing and gun attack on prison, freeing 251 prisoners; 15 Jews and 1 Arab killed, 6 British guards and 26 others injured |
28 Jun 1947 | Tel Aviv | 3 | 2 | Sternist shooting attack on British soldiers outside a theater |
29 Jun 1947 | Herzliyya | 0 | 4 | Sternist attack on British soldiers on beach |
16 Jul 1947 | Natanya | 1 | 16 | Irgun landmine attack on British convoy |
18 Jul 1947 | Natanya | 1 | 7 | landmine attack |
26 Jul 1947 | Jerusalem | 2 | 8 | attack on British soldiers |
29 Jul 1947 | Natanya | 2 | 0 | Irgun kills 2 British officers kidnapped on 12 July |
5 Aug 1947 | Jerusalem | 3 | ? | Irgun bombing of government building, killing 3 British police officers |
9 Aug 1947 | Lydda (Lod) | 1 | ? | Irgun bombing of train resulted in derailing, killing 1 engineer |
26 Sep 1947 | Tel Aviv | 4 | ? | 4 British police officers killed in armed robbery near bank by terrorists |
29 Sep 1947 | Haifa | 10 | 54 | Irgun bombing of police headquarters, killing 4 British, 4 Arab police officers, and 2 Arab civilians |
5 Nov 1947 | Haifa | 4 | 0 | 4 British soldiers shot in outdoor café |
13 Nov 1947 | British Palestine | 1 | 27 | Lehi grenade attack on British soldiers in café |
13 Nov 1947 | Haifa | 4 | 0 | 4 British civilians shot on street corner |
13 Nov 1947 | Jerusalem | 2 | 0 | shooting attack killed 2 police officers |
14 Nov 1947 | Jerusalem | 4 | 0 | attacks kill two British soldiers and 2 police officers |
12 Dec 1947 | British Palestine | 27 | ? | Haganah terrorists attack Arab quarters in Ramleh and Haifa, Palestine |
29 Dec 1947 | Jerusalem | 15 | 51 | bombing at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem kills 15 Arabs |
4 Jan 1948 | Haifa | 15 | 100 | bombing of Arab headquarters |
5 Jan 1948 | Jerusalem | 25 | 17 | bombing of Semiramis Hotel |
7 Jan 1948 | Jerusalem | 21 | 50 | Irgun group bombs bus stop near Jaffa Gate, killing 17 Arabs and 3 terrorists |
17 Jan 1948 | Kfar Elzion | 35 | ? | Arab terrorists machine gun Jewish men traveling from Kfar Elzion |
22 Feb 1948 | Jerusalem | 54 | ? | Arab terrorists bomb armored trucks |
29 Feb 1948 | Rehoboth (Rehovot) | 28 | 35 | Jewish terrorists bomb Cairo-Haifa train with landmines; 28 British soldiers killed |
29 Feb 1948 | Rehovot | 5 | 35 | attack on British troop transport |
31 Mar 1948 | Haifa | 40 | 160 | Sternists using land mines bomb Cairo-Haifa train near Haifa |
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