List of Irgun attacks during the 1930s

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List of Irgun attacks during the 1930s

During the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine against the British Mandate of Palestine the militant

Militant

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Zionist group the Irgun
Irgun

Irgun was a militant Zionism group that operated in Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was established as a militant offshoot of the earlier and larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah ....
carried out sixty attacks against Arab

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s and British

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soldiers. Irgun

Irgun

Irgun was a militant Zionism group that operated in Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was established as a militant offshoot of the earlier and larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah ....
was described as a terrorist organization by the New York Times, the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry, and prominent world and Jewish figures, such as Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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, Hannah Arendt

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, Albert Einstein

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, and many others. Irgun launched a series of attacks which lasted until the beginning of World War II

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During the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine against the British Mandate of Palestine the militant

Militant

Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
s and British

United Kingdom

Irgun

Winston Churchill

Hannah Arendt

Albert Einstein

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. All told, Irgun attacks against Arab targets resulted in at least 250 Arab deaths during this period.

Following is a list of attacks resulting in death attributed to Irgun that took place during the 1930s. The Irgun conducted at least 60 operations altogether during this period.

Date	Casualties	Comments
March, 1937		-
April 12, 1938	2 Arabs and 2 British policemen were killed by a bomb in a train in Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.... .	-
April 17, 1938	An Arab was killed by a bomb detonated in a cafe in Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....	-
May 17, 1938	An Arab policeman was killed in an attack on a bus in the Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... -Hebron Hebron Hebron is the largest city in the West Bank, located in the south, 30 kilometers south of Jerusalem. It is home to some 166,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Israelis.... road.	-
May 24, 1938	3 Arabs were shot and killed in Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.... .	-
June 23, 1938	2 Arabs were killed near Tel-Aviv.	-
June 26, 1938	7 Arabs were killed by a bomb in Jaffa.	-
June 27, 1938	An Arab was killed in the yard of a hospital in Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.... .	-
Late June, 1938	Unspecified number of Arabs killed by a bomb that was thrown into a crowded Arab market place in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
July 5, 1938	7 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks in Tel-Aviv.	-
On the same day	3 Arabs were killed by a bomb detonated in a bus in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
On the same day	an Arab was killed in another attack in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
July 6 1938	18 Arabs and 5 Jews were killed by two simultaneous bombs in the Arab Melon market in Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.... .	-
July 8, 1938	4 Arabs were killed by a bomb in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
July 16, 1938	10 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
July 25, 1938	53 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.... .	-
August 26, 1938	24 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jaffa.	-
February 27, 1939	and 4 by bomb in Arab vegetable market in Jerusalem.	-
May 29, 1939	5 Arabs were killed by a mine detonated at the Rex cinema in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
On the same day	5 Arabs were shot and killed during a raid on the village of Biyar 'Adas Biyar 'Adas Biyar 'Adas is a former Palestinian village located 19km northeast of the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo. In 1945 the village had a population of 300 and a total land area of 5,492 dunams.... .	-
June 2, 1939	5 Arabs were killed by a bomb at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....	-
June 12, 1939	A post office in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... was bombed, killing a British bomb expert trying to defuse the bombs.	-
June 16, 1939	6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
June 19, 1939	20 Arabs were killed by explosives mounted on a donkey at a marketplace in Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.... .	-
June 29, 1939		-
June 30, 1939	An Arab was killed at a marketplace in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
On the same day	2 Arabs were shot and killed in Lifta Lifta Lifta was a village on the outskirts of Jerusalem that had existed since Biblical times and was named after Pharaoh Merneptah. It was the northernmost demarcation point of the territory of the Tribe of Judah .... .	-
July 3, 1939	An Arab was killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.... .	-
July 4, 1939	2 Arabs were killed in two attacks in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
July 20, 1939	An Arab was killed at a train station in Jaffa.	-
On the same day	6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Tel-Aviv.	-
On the same day	3 Arabs were killed in Rehovot Rehovot Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 kilometre south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 106,200.... .	-
August 27, 1939	2 British officers were killed by a mine in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... .	-
September 27, 1944	~150 Irgun members attacked four British police stations; unknown number of casualties	-
September 29, 1944	senior British police officer of the Criminal Intelligence Department assassinated in Jerusalem	-
July 22, 1946	King David Hotel Bombing King David Hotel bombing The King David Hotel bombing was an attack by the right-wing Zionism underground movement, the Irgun, on the central offices of the Secretariat of the Government of Palestine and Headquarters of the British Forces in Palestine and Transjordan, which were located at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.... ; 91 fatalities, most civilians -- 41 Arabs, 17 Jews, and 15 British

Additional Reading

Y. 'Amrami, A. Melitz, ???? ????? ?????? ?????? ("History of the War of Independence" in Hebrew), Shelach Press, 1951. (a sympathetic account of events, mostly related to Irgun
Irgun

Irgun was a militant Zionism group that operated in Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was established as a militant offshoot of the earlier and larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah ....
and Lehi
Lehi (group)

Lehi , also known as the Stern Gang, a term coined by the United Kingdom, was an armed Resistance movement Zionist faction in British Mandate of Palestine,...
).

External links

Arie Perliger and Leonard Weinberg, Jewish Self Defense and Terrorist Groups Prior to the Establishment of the State of Israel: Roots and Traditions. Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2003) 91-118.

List of Irgun attacks during the 1930s

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