Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 70
... dead in the convoy disaster , and other bodies are just heaps of ashes and bones that will never be identified . The funeral was terrible . It took place at Sanhedria , the tem- porary cemetery since Mount of Olives was cut off by the ...
... dead in the convoy disaster , and other bodies are just heaps of ashes and bones that will never be identified . The funeral was terrible . It took place at Sanhedria , the tem- porary cemetery since Mount of Olives was cut off by the ...
Page 195
... dead with the living . Desperate calls are coming in for ammunition and medical supplies ; five smoke- rockets were sent up as distress signals during the night . Ramat Rahel fell yesterday evening . I watched it burning , livid flames ...
... dead with the living . Desperate calls are coming in for ammunition and medical supplies ; five smoke- rockets were sent up as distress signals during the night . Ramat Rahel fell yesterday evening . I watched it burning , livid flames ...
Page 210
... dead ) at the Wall . Through the Jewish and Arab lines he found a way of contacting an Arab friend who smuggled him through the Arab quarter and watched over him while he prayed at the Wall . For the first time in weeks , the social ...
... dead ) at the Wall . Through the Jewish and Arab lines he found a way of contacting an Arab friend who smuggled him through the Arab quarter and watched over him while he prayed at the Wall . For the first time in weeks , the social ...
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Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948 to ... Harry Levin No preview available - 1997 |
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Abdullah afternoon Arab Legion Arab villages armoured cars arms Army asked Ataroth attack Bab-el-Wad battle Ben Yehuda Street British building Castel cease-fire convoy crash dark dead Deir Egyptian Etzel Etzion evacuated eyes feeling fighting fire food convoy Galilee girl Government guns Haganah Haifa hamseen hands heard heavy Hebrew hills Holy Iraqis Israel Jaffa Jaffa Road Jerusalem Jewish Agency Jews Judy Katamon killed last night Latrun Legion looked lorries machine-guns Mateh Michael minutes Mishmar months morning mortars moved officer Old City Palestine Palmach plane police Quarter quiet Ramat Rahel ration Rehavia road Ruth says seems settlements Sheikh Jarrah shells shelter shooting shot siege snipers soldiers started stopped street suddenly Syrians talk tanks Tel-Aviv tell thought to-day to-night told Transjordan Truce Commission wadi walked walls week wireless women wounded Yemin Moshe yesterday