Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948, to July 18th, 1948 |
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Page 19
... shot the driver as he tried to escape . The fire spread and the dripping eggs looked like molten flames . Shots were pouring into my truck too , but I managed to turn it . Then our armoured car came along and shovelled the burning truck ...
... shot the driver as he tried to escape . The fire spread and the dripping eggs looked like molten flames . Shots were pouring into my truck too , but I managed to turn it . Then our armoured car came along and shovelled the burning truck ...
Page 125
... shot in this heat , as though it labours to tear through the haze . And a bit more sinister . Shots were fewer to - day . In the south , Arabs fired at Katamon ; so much for the extended truce there ! Cannon fire again from Nebi Samwil ...
... shot in this heat , as though it labours to tear through the haze . And a bit more sinister . Shots were fewer to - day . In the south , Arabs fired at Katamon ; so much for the extended truce there ! Cannon fire again from Nebi Samwil ...
Page 131
... shot all day . Makes one feel almost uneasy , like a toothache that persists even after removal of an aching tooth ... shots , they must hurry in at once . That's the general feeling . The Arabs took it more freely . The coffee - houses ...
... shot all day . Makes one feel almost uneasy , like a toothache that persists even after removal of an aching tooth ... shots , they must hurry in at once . That's the general feeling . The Arabs took it more freely . The coffee - houses ...
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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