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1947 Jewish convoy attack...
1947 Jewish convoy attack...
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December 15, 1947
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 15, 1947
* Jewish convoy attacked by Arabs
* Lod (Lydda) Palestine encounter
* Post Partition Plan for Palestine
* Jews killed and wounded in ambush
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ARAB LEGION FORCE IN PALESTINE KILLS 14 JEWS IN CONVOY" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 52 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
AI notes: On December 14, 1947, a Jewish convoy was ambushed near Lod (Lydda), Palestine, during the escalating violence following the UN Partition Plan for Palestine (adopted on November 29, 1947). The attack occurred during the early stages of the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, when Arab and Jewish communities began engaging in open hostilities. The convoy was attempting to transport supplies and possibly people between Jewish settlements, when it was ambushed by Arab irregulars. According to contemporary reports and later historical accounts, several Jews were killed or wounded, and the incident intensified retaliatory attacks and hardened both sides' resolve as violence spread across the region. This period was marked by increasing attacks on roads, ambushes, and sieges, especially targeting Jewish convoys trying to reach isolated settlements. The December 14 attack is one that lead-up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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