MENACHEM BEGIN BOMBS THE BRITISH HEADQUARTERS OF MANDATORY PALESTINE
A complete and authentic issue of LIFE magazine, August 12, 1946, 108pp. plus separate color cover. The key article, "Blood Runs In Palestine Violence" runs 5 pages with 16 pictures and provides the news coverage of the bombing of the King David Hotel in Tel-Aviv. The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, was 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. Five terrorists from the Irgun Zvai Le'umi - a Jewish underground organization commonly known as the Irgun - exited the vehicle and, disguised as Arab workers, carried seven large milk churns into La Regence, the hotel's chic nightclub located in the basement. Each churn contained approximately 50 pounds of high explosive. Fifty-two minutes later the bombs detonated, killing 91 people and injuring 45. Menachem Begin, future Israeli prime minister, was the commander of the Irgun at the time.
[ translate ]A complete and authentic issue of LIFE magazine, August 12, 1946, 108pp. plus separate color cover. The key article, "Blood Runs In Palestine Violence" runs 5 pages with 16 pictures and provides the news coverage of the bombing of the King David Hotel in Tel-Aviv. The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, was 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. Five terrorists from the Irgun Zvai Le'umi - a Jewish underground organization commonly known as the Irgun - exited the vehicle and, disguised as Arab workers, carried seven large milk churns into La Regence, the hotel's chic nightclub located in the basement. Each churn contained approximately 50 pounds of high explosive. Fifty-two minutes later the bombs detonated, killing 91 people and injuring 45. Menachem Begin, future Israeli prime minister, was the commander of the Irgun at the time.
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