Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 161
... Egyptian Spitfires bombed Tel - Aviv three times last night and again this morning , and Egyptian forces have crossed the Pales- tine frontier . They came up over Sinai , the same desert through which the Israelites once fled from Egypt ...
... Egyptian Spitfires bombed Tel - Aviv three times last night and again this morning , and Egyptian forces have crossed the Pales- tine frontier . They came up over Sinai , the same desert through which the Israelites once fled from Egypt ...
Page 167
... Egyptian guns to reach Jerusalem . Since the fall of Etzion , nothing stands in their way . Met Edward J. returning ... Egyptians . Most of the party were elderly Kurds - husky , bearded porters , bootblacks , building labourers — a half ...
... Egyptian guns to reach Jerusalem . Since the fall of Etzion , nothing stands in their way . Met Edward J. returning ... Egyptians . Most of the party were elderly Kurds - husky , bearded porters , bootblacks , building labourers — a half ...
Page 244
... Egyptian aircraft , tank and infantry attacks . But everywhere else in the Negev the Egyptians are on the defensive . One of their forces is besieged , and we have cut their main line of communications . Egyptian communiqués are full of ...
... Egyptian aircraft , tank and infantry attacks . But everywhere else in the Negev the Egyptians are on the defensive . One of their forces is besieged , and we have cut their main line of communications . Egyptian communiqués are full of ...
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