Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 54
... heard it first from Avri , slouching half - dead from his battered car near the Mateh early this morning . It fell at 2.30 a.m. , changing hands three or four times in hand - to - hand fighting . About 600 Arabs attacked in the final ...
... heard it first from Avri , slouching half - dead from his battered car near the Mateh early this morning . It fell at 2.30 a.m. , changing hands three or four times in hand - to - hand fighting . About 600 Arabs attacked in the final ...
Page 70
... heard an assistant of one of the victims say that he had been treating Arab peasants from Isawiye village on Mount Scopus only a fortnight ago . M. told me that monitoring the wireless messages of police cars yesterday she heard a ...
... heard an assistant of one of the victims say that he had been treating Arab peasants from Isawiye village on Mount Scopus only a fortnight ago . M. told me that monitoring the wireless messages of police cars yesterday she heard a ...
Page 237
... heard a woman half - sobbing , say something indistinct , in a thick and trembling voice , then : " God ! How long must we bear this ? " Mrs. R. in a desperate tone in the shelter this evening : " When are we going to answer back ? All ...
... heard a woman half - sobbing , say something indistinct , in a thick and trembling voice , then : " God ! How long must we bear this ? " Mrs. R. in a desperate tone in the shelter this evening : " When are we going to answer back ? All ...
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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