1938 Tiberias massacre

Anti-Semitic pogrom during the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine the massacre during the British Mandate the earlier Druze massacre of Jews in the 17th century 1660 destruction of Tiberias yes April 2023 1938 Tiberias massacre the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine Tib cim037.jpg 300px Memorial and graves of victims in Tiberias' old cemetery הטבח בטבריה heb Tiberias, Mandatory Palestine UTC+2 Jewish Kiryat Shmuel neighbourhood 32 47 40 N 35 32 00 E inline,title 21:00 pm 1938 10 2 yes 19 (including 11 children)http://www.indiana.edu/~league/1938.htm League of Nations Photo Archive - Chronology 1938 October 2002 Indiana University dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190608153227/http://www.indiana.edu/~league/1938.htm 8 June 2019 3 November 2023 Jews Palestinian Arabs Abu Ibrahim al-Kabir Stabbing, arson 70 15 Jewish guards The Tiberias massacre took place on 2 October 1938, during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Tiberias, then located in the British Mandate of Palestine and today located in the State of Israel.Baruch Kimmerling The Palestinian People: A History https://books.google.com/books?id=6NRYEr8FR1IC&pg=PA119 1 July 2009 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-03959-9 119 10 October 2016 14 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171114053347/https://books.google.com/books?id=6NRYEr8FR1IC&pg=PA119 live The death toll led the incident to be described as the "worst since the Hebron onslaught in 1929". Attackers entered the city from both north and south, cut communication lines and attacked government buildings, as well as the community's synagogue and homes.4 October 1938 21 Jews Slain in Tiberias Massacre, Worst Since '29; Synagogue, Homes Razed https://www.jta.org/archive/21-jews-slain-in-tiberias-massacre-worst-since-29-synagogue-homes-razed 2026-05-27 Jewish Telegraphic Agency en-US An invasion of ancient Tiberias on the shore of the Galilee, in which at least 21 Jews – including an American citizen and his wife – were massacred by an Arab band wielding bomb, rifle and torch, sent a wave of indignation surging through Jewish Palestine today. The massacre was the worst since the Hebron onslaught in 1929. After infiltrating the Jewish Kiryat Shmuel neighbourhood, Arab rioters killed 19 Jews in Tiberias, 11 of whom were children. During the massacre, 70 armed Arabs set fire to Jewish homes and the local synagogue. In one house a mother and her five children ages one to twelve were killed, while their father was guarding another part of the city. Families were found shot or stabbed and burned to death. The old beadle in the synagogue was stabbed to death. At the time of the attack there were only 15 Jewish guards in the neighborhood of over 2,000 people. The coast of the Sea of Galilee remained unguarded, for it was the least expected direction for an attack. Two Jewish guards were killed in the attack.Sefer Hahagana (ספר ההגנה) part B', by the Israeli Defense Ministry (1973) The historian Shai Lachman has attributed the massacre to Abu Ibrahim al-Kabir.Shai Lachman Zionism and Arabism in Palestine and Israel Qassamites in the Arab Revolt, 1936-39 https://books.google.com/books?id=tD-sCQAAQBAJ&q=Farhan+Qassam+Tulkarm&pg=PT119 Routledge 2015 9781317442721 2020-12-30 2021-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20210714134749/https://books.google.com/books?id=tD-sCQAAQBAJ&q=Farhan+Qassam+Tulkarm&pg=PT119 live A representative of the British government of the Palestinian Mandate reported that: "It was systematically organized and savagely executed. Of the nineteen Jews killed, including women and children, all save four were stabbed to death. That night and the following day the troops engaged the raiding gangs".http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/cc68bab76ec42e79052565d0006f2df4?OpenDocument REPORT by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of PALESTINE AND TRANS-JORDAN for the year 1938 1938 His Majesty's Stationery Office https://web.archive.org/web/20150109170907/http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/cc68bab76ec42e79052565d0006f2df4?OpenDocument 9 January 2015 27 May 2026 live After the massacre, the Irgun proposed a joint retaliatory operation with Haganah to deter such events, but the latter group did not agree.Yevin Ada Amichal https://books.google.com/books/about/In_purple.html?id=6cRD0AEACAAJ In Purple, The Life of Yair - Abraham Stern 1986 Hadar Publishing House Tel Aviv 135 Tiberian Arabs murdered the Jewish mayor, Zaki Alhadif, on 27 October 1938.4 1860 זאכי אלחדיף Zaki Alhadif The Haganah sent a party, led by Yosef Avidar, a Haganah leader who later became a general (Aluf) in the Israel Defense Forces, to investigate the failed defense of the city.Gilbert Martin https://books.google.com/books/about/Israel.html?id=JQBJPwAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description Israel: A History 1998 Turnerbooks 978-1-55228-006-5 85 en See also Hebron massacre The Bloody Day in Jaffa List of killings and massacres in Mandatory Palestine References 1938 Tiberias massacre Category:1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine Category:Massacres in 1938 Category:Massacres of Jews in Mandatory Palestine Category:1938 murders in Asia Category:1938 riots Category:1938 in Mandatory Palestine Category:Terrorism in Mandatory Palestine Category:Terrorist incidents in the 1930s 1938 Tiberias massacre Category:October 1938 in Asia Category:Riots and civil disorder in Mandatory Palestine Category:1938 in Judaism Category:Anti-Jewish pogroms in Mandatory Palestine Category:Burials at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Tiberias Category:Arson in Asia Category:Arson in the 1930s Category:1938 fires Category:1930s fires in Asia