Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 178
... shelter . In King George Avenue I saw a stretcher being carried towards an ambulance , a coarse grey blanket covering the body . Returning from the Jewish Agency's Press conference at midday I twice took shelter in sandbagged doorways ...
... shelter . In King George Avenue I saw a stretcher being carried towards an ambulance , a coarse grey blanket covering the body . Returning from the Jewish Agency's Press conference at midday I twice took shelter in sandbagged doorways ...
Page 179
... shelter and found the neighbours already there . We spoke little . For an hour we listened to the shells landing all around . Once there was a grinding explosion in the street outside . Our building shook and bits of shrapnel struck the ...
... shelter and found the neighbours already there . We spoke little . For an hour we listened to the shells landing all around . Once there was a grinding explosion in the street outside . Our building shook and bits of shrapnel struck the ...
Page 185
... shelters , the women keeping them clean , the men reading Psalms . Michael brought his gramophone and records to the shelter ; he thought hill - billy songs would liven the atmosphere , but they weren't a success . K. gave us a ...
... shelters , the women keeping them clean , the men reading Psalms . Michael brought his gramophone and records to the shelter ; he thought hill - billy songs would liven the atmosphere , but they weren't a success . K. gave us a ...
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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