Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 97
... minutes later the British guns let loose . The city shook from the blasting . Nashashibi House , our main point , got 30 direct cannon hits in a few minutes . Haganah had only mortars and machine - guns . In 10 minutes a green flare ...
... minutes later the British guns let loose . The city shook from the blasting . Nashashibi House , our main point , got 30 direct cannon hits in a few minutes . Haganah had only mortars and machine - guns . In 10 minutes a green flare ...
Page 150
... minutes ago I watched a young boy furtively break branches in the avenue , then run with them to the stove made of stones and tin - piping in the backyard of his house . Ruth is still asleep . I am writing these lines now because I don ...
... minutes ago I watched a young boy furtively break branches in the avenue , then run with them to the stove made of stones and tin - piping in the backyard of his house . Ruth is still asleep . I am writing these lines now because I don ...
Page 164
... minutes ago . You can see they are on the upper end of things now . They carried a captured Iraqi flag , black , green and white ; it fluttered and quivered as though it were alive . But the big questions in people's minds are : Will ...
... minutes ago . You can see they are on the upper end of things now . They carried a captured Iraqi flag , black , green and white ; it fluttered and quivered as though it were alive . But the big questions in people's minds are : Will ...
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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