IRGUN ABDUCTS FIVE BRITISH OFFICERS
A complete and authentic issue of The New York Times, June 19, 1946, 44pp., disbound. From the front page, is a two column headline, "5 British Officers Abducted, 2 Shot, Palestine Curfew On". The report continues on pg 2. In small part, "The incident was particularly brazen. Several armed Jews entered the club where a large number of officers were lounging ... most of the officers carried pistols ... the raiders yelled 'Hands Up' .. the four army officers , one RAF were selected and escorted out. ... In a separate report, "Nine Killed in Haifa Raid" , in small part "As the raiders' truck left the area it encountered a military roadblock and ambushed. The vehicles dashed toward the barrier .. and the occupants blazed away at the patrol. They were forced to flee, however, and jumped out still firing. The troops returned fire, killing seven Jews and wounding five others including two women. ..." British Officers Club in Tel Aviv and took five British officers and one RAF service man and dragged them to get away cars out side. One of the officers had to be clubbed to subdue him. The object of this raid was to obtain hostages to hold against the two Jews who had been captured in a arms raid at Sarafand in March. Four days later, two of the kidnapped officer were released. They said that their captors had not been violent towards them, but they had been kept shackled in chains on their hands and feet. The remaining three officers were held captive for another 12 days. They were released after the two condemned Jews had their sentences commuted. Before releasing them, the Jews first chloroformed the three officers. The three officers were then unceremoniously dumped still unconscious, on a street corner in Tel Aviv, where passersby took no notice of their predicament.
[ translate ]A complete and authentic issue of The New York Times, June 19, 1946, 44pp., disbound. From the front page, is a two column headline, "5 British Officers Abducted, 2 Shot, Palestine Curfew On". The report continues on pg 2. In small part, "The incident was particularly brazen. Several armed Jews entered the club where a large number of officers were lounging ... most of the officers carried pistols ... the raiders yelled 'Hands Up' .. the four army officers , one RAF were selected and escorted out. ... In a separate report, "Nine Killed in Haifa Raid" , in small part "As the raiders' truck left the area it encountered a military roadblock and ambushed. The vehicles dashed toward the barrier .. and the occupants blazed away at the patrol. They were forced to flee, however, and jumped out still firing. The troops returned fire, killing seven Jews and wounding five others including two women. ..." British Officers Club in Tel Aviv and took five British officers and one RAF service man and dragged them to get away cars out side. One of the officers had to be clubbed to subdue him. The object of this raid was to obtain hostages to hold against the two Jews who had been captured in a arms raid at Sarafand in March. Four days later, two of the kidnapped officer were released. They said that their captors had not been violent towards them, but they had been kept shackled in chains on their hands and feet. The remaining three officers were held captive for another 12 days. They were released after the two condemned Jews had their sentences commuted. Before releasing them, the Jews first chloroformed the three officers. The three officers were then unceremoniously dumped still unconscious, on a street corner in Tel Aviv, where passersby took no notice of their predicament.
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