60 Years Ago: Rehovot Bombed, an Independence War Echo
...An Egyptian communique said Egyptian planes scored direct on the headquarters of the two Jewish extremist zvai Leuml and the Stern, a raid on Rehovot, 11 miles southeast of Tel Aviv...
...War on land, sea and in the air went on in the last hours before de jure peace. Cairo said Egyptian naval units destroyed port installations at Nahariya, 15 miles north of Haifa. Egyptian land troops attacked two settlements in south central Palestine and planes bombed Rehovot, 12 miles south of Tel Aviv. The Jews said nothing more about having Egyptians encircled around Isdud, 23 miles south of Tel Aviv. The said the Jews were epelled in a three-hour battle around Jenin, in the Arab triangle northeast of Tel Aviv...
Source: The Lethbridge Herald (Wednesday, July 14, 1948) [FullText (Charges apply)]
Labels: Rehovot News 1948
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