num_pages: 304
description: Just after midday on July 22, 1946, Zionist terrorists, under the leadership of Menachem Begin, set the fuses on bombs planted in the basement of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.At 12:37 a huge explosion ripped through the building, killing 91 people.Among the dead were 25 Britons, 41 Arabs, and 17 Jews. The echoes of that explosion are still being heard today.The bombing of the King David was an unprecedented act of guerilla warfare. Based on conversations with surviving participants and witnesses, By Blood and Fire is a masterful and objective reconstruction of that terrible event that re-creates not only its history but also its powerful human drama.
language: English
title: By Blood & Fire July 22, 1946: The Attack on the King David Hotel
titlecomplete: By Blood & Fire July 22, 1946: The Attack on the King David Hotel
genres: Israel, History
ratings_count: 19
publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons