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Contemporary era · 1946

King David Hotel bombing

The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack on 22 July 1946, by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization Irgun during the Jewish insurgency. 91 people of various nationalities were killed, including Arabs, Britons and Jews, and 46 were injured.

King David Hotel bombing
King David Hotel bombing · Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
22 Jul 1946
Where
King David Hotel
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Israel1,457 BCE – todayMandatory Palestine1244 – 2021

Before and after

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