1948 Jewish Agency bombing

yes 1948 Jewish Agency bombing National Institutions House, Jerusalem March 11, 1948 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine Jewish Agency bombing 1948.jpg Jewish Agency car bombing 86 Arab nationalist forces 12 The 1948 Jewish Agency bombing was a terrorist attack on March 11, 1948, that killed 12 people and injured 86 more when a car bomb exploded in the courtyard of the National Institutions House in Jerusalem.Morris Benny Benny Morris https://books.google.com/books?id=CC7381HrLqcC&pg=PA108 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War Yale University Press 2008 978-0-300-14524-3 108 The complex housed the headquarters of the Jewish Agency and other Zionist organs.1948-03-12 Arabs Blast Block of Jewish Agency; 11 Killed, 86 Hurt https://www.nytimes.com/1948/03/12/archives/arabs-blast-block-of-jewish-agency-11-killed-86-hurt-explosive-is.html 2026-07-17 The New York Times The attack was carried out by Arab nationalist forces. Anton Daoud, an Arab Christian employed as a chauffeur at the American consulate, drove the vehicle into the courtyard and departed before the device, rigged by demolition expert Fawzi al-Qutb ar فوزي القطب, detonated.Davis Mike https://www.google.com/books/edition/Buda_s_Wagon/AT9bCwAAQBAJ Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb Verso Books 978-1-78478-665-6 en 2017 28 The bombing killed Keren Hayesod head Leib Yaffe,Gilbert Martin Martin Gilbert http://archive.org/details/jerusalemintwent00gilb Jerusalem in The Twentieth Century New York : J. Wiley & Sons 1996 978-0-471-16308-4 196–197 Internet Archive and caused significant structural damage to the building.Jewish Agency Headquarters Wrecked by Explosion; 10 Reported Killed, 90 Wounded https://www.jta.org/archive/jewish-agency-headquarters-wrecked-by-explosion-10-reported-killed-90-wounded 2026-07-17 Jewish Telegraphic Agency en-US The attack occurred during a period of escalating violence leading up to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. References Category:1948 explosions Category:1948 mass murders Category:March 1948 in Asia Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1948 Category:Building bombings in Jerusalem Category:Attacks on headquarters Category:20th-century mass murders in Jerusalem Category:Terrorism in Mandatory Palestine Category:1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine Category:Nationalist terrorist incidents in the 1940s Category:Car and truck bombings