List of Irgun attacks

During the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine against the British Mandate of Palestine the militant Zionist group the Irgun carried out sixty attacks against Arabs and British soldiers.Arie Perliger and Leonard Weinberg, Jewish Self Defense and Terrorist Groups Prior to the Establishment of the State of Israel: Roots and Traditions. "Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions", Vol. 4, No. 3, 100, (2003); Online version. Irgun was described as a terrorist organization by the New York TimesPope Brewer, Sam. IRGUN BOMB KILLS 11 ARABS, 2 BRITONS. New York Times. December 30, 1947.IRGUN'S HAND SEEN IN ALPS RAIL BLAST. New York Times. August 16, 1947., the Anglo-American Committee of EnquiryWalid Khalidi, From Haven to Conquest, p. 598; updated 1987 to From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem Until 1948, Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 978-0887281556., prominent world figures such as Winston Churchill and Jewish figures such as Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, and many others. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes it as "an underground organization."
Irgun launched a series of attacks which lasted until the beginning of World War II. All told, Irgun attacks against Arab targets resulted in at least 250 Arab deaths during this period. Following is a list of attacks resulting in death attributed to Irgun that took place during the 1930s. The Irgun conducted at least 60 operations altogether during this period.Perliger and Weinberg, 101.Prof. Yehuda Lapidot, The Irgun website, links to sections on history of Irgun.J. Bowyer Bell, out of Zion: the fight for Israeli independence (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1977). pp.181
==List of Irgun attacks 1937-1948==
Date 	Casualties 	References
1937, March 	2 Arabs killed on Bat-Yam beach. 	Leonard Weinberg, Ami Pedahzur, Religious fundamentalism and political extremism, Routledge, p. 101, 2004.
1937, November 14 	10 Arabs killed by Irgun units launching attacks around Jerusalem, ("Black Sunday") 	J. Bowyer Bell, Moshe Arens, Terror out of Zion,p. 39, 1996 editionY. 'Amrami, A. Melitz, דברי הימים למלחמת השחרור ("History of the War of Independence", Shelach Press, 1951. (a sympathetic account of events, mostly related to Irgun and Lehi).
1938, April 12 	2 Arabs and 2 British policemen were killed by a bomb in a train in Haifa. 	
1938, April 17 	1 Arab was killed by a bomb detonated in a cafe in Haifa 	
1938, May 17 	1 Arab policeman was killed in an attack on a bus in the Jerusalem-Hebron road. 	
1938, May 24 	3 Arabs were shot and killed in Haifa. 	
1938, June 23 	2 Arabs were killed near Tel-Aviv. 	
1938, June 26 	7 Arabs were killed by a bomb in Jaffa. 	
1938, June 27 	1 Arab was killed in the yard of a hospital in Haifa. 	
1938, June (late) 	Unspecified number of Arabs killed by a bomb that was thrown into a crowded Arab market place in Jerusalem. 	Citing Arnold Zweig's letters to Sigmund Freud
1938, July 5 	7 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks in Tel-Aviv. 	
1938, July 5 	3 Arabs were killed by a bomb detonated in a bus in Jerusalem. 	
1938, July 5 	1 Arab was killed in another attack in Jerusalem. 	
1938, July 6 	18 Arabs and 5 Jews were killed by two simultaneous bombs in the Arab melon market in Haifa. 	Irgun site Restraint and Retaliation section.
1938, July 8 	4 Arabs were killed by a bomb in Jerusalem. 	
1938, July 16 	10 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jerusalem. 	
1938, July 25 	43 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Haifa. 	Palestine Post, July 26–27, 1938
1938, August 26 	24 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jaffa. 	
1938, February 27 	33 Arabs were killed in multiple attacks, incl. 24 by bomb in Arab market in Suk Quarter of Haifa and 4 by bomb in Arab vegetable market in Jerusalem. 	Y. Ben-Ami, Years of Wrath, Days of Glory; Memoirs of the Irgun, Speller and Sons, New York 1982; p 229. Casualty figures from Palestine Post Feb 28, 1939.
1939, May 29 	5 Arabs were killed by a mine detonated at the Rex cinema in Jerusalem. 	
1939, May 29 	5 Arabs were shot and killed during a raid on the village of Biyar 'Adas. 	
1939, June 2 	5 Arabs were killed by a bomb at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem. 	The Irgun web site, "The Split within the Irgun" section
1939, June 12 	1 British bomb expert trying to defuse the bombs killed, during a post office in Jerusalem was bombing 	
1939, June 16 	6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Jerusalem. 	
1939, June 19 	20 Arabs were killed by explosives mounted on a donkey at a marketplace in Haifa. 	Palestine Post, June 20–22, 1939
1939, June 29 	13 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks around Jaffa during a one-hour period. 	Palestine Post, June 30, 1939
1939, June 30 	1 Arab was killed at a marketplace in Jerusalem. 	
1939, June 30 	2 Arabs were shot and killed in Lifta. 	
1939, July 3 	1 Arab was killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Haifa. 	Palestine Post, July 5, 1939
1939, July 4 	2 Arabs were killed in two attacks in Jerusalem. 	
1939, July 20 	1 Arab was killed at a train station in Jaffa. 	
1939, July 20 	6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Tel-Aviv. 	
1939, July 20 	3 Arabs were killed in Rehovot. 	
1939, August 27 	2 British officers were killed by a mine in Jerusalem. 	
1944, September 27 	Unknown number of casualties, around 150 Irgun members attacked four British police stations 	
1944, September 29 	1 Senior British police officer of the Criminal Intelligence Department assassinated in Jerusalem. 	
1945, December 27 	7 British policemen killed during the bombing of British Intelligence offices in Jerusalem; 1 British soldier killed during attack of British army camp in north Tel Aviv 	The Irgun web site, "The United Resistance" section.
1946, July 22 	91 people were killed at King David Hotel Bombing mostly civilians, most ... staff of the hotel or Secretariat, 41 Palestinian Arabs, 15-28 British citizens, 17 Palestinian Jews, 2 Armenians, 1 Russian, 1 Greek and 1 Egyptian. 	Thurston Clarke, By Blood and Fire, G. P. Puttnam's Sons, New York, 1981
1946, October 30 	2 British guards killed during Gunfire and explosion at Jerusalem Railway Station. 	The Irgun web site, "The Raid on the Jerusalem Railway Station" section.
1947, January 12 	4 killed in bombing of British headquarters. 	Donald Neff, Hamas: A Pale Image of the Jewish Irgun And Lehi Gangs, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May/June 2006, p. 14-15.
1947, March 1 	17 British officers killed, during raid and explosion. 	The Irgun web site, "Raid on the Jerusalem Officers Club" section.
1947, March 12 	1 British soldier killed during the attack on Schneller Camp. 	
1947, July 29 	2 kidnapped British sergeants hanged. 	The Irgun web site, "The Gallows" section.
1947, September 26 	4 British policemen killed in Irgun bank robbery. 	
1947, September 29 	13 killed, 53 wounded in attack on British police station. 	
1947, December 11 	13 killed in attack on Tireh, near Haifa 	Palestine Post, Dec 14; Milstein, Vol 11, p91
1947, December 12 	20 killed, 5 wounded by barrel bomb at Damascus Gate. 	Uri Milstein, History of Israel's War of Independence, Vol II. p51
1947, December 13 	6 killed, 25 wounded by bombs outside Alhambra Cinema. 	Palestine Post, Dec 14
1947, December 13 	5 killed, 47 wounded by two bombs at Damascus Gate. 	
1947, December 13 	7 killed, 10 seriously injured in attack on Yehudieh. 	
1947, December 16(ca) 	10 killed by bomb at Noga Cinema in Jaffa. 	Milstein, Vol II, p81.
1947, December 20 	6 Arabs killed, dozens wounded by bomb at Haifa refinery, precipitating the Haifa oil refinery massacre. 	Milstein, Vol II, p91.
1947, December 29 	14 Arabs killed by bomb in Jerusalem. 	Milstein, Vol II, p214.
1948, January 1 	2 Arabs killed and 9 injured by shooting attack on cafe in Jaffa. 	Palestine Post, Jan 2, 1948
1948, January 7 	20 Arabs killed by bomb at Jaffa Gate. 	Palestine Post, Jan 9-10, 1948Milstein, Vol II, p53
1948, February 10 	7 Arabs killed near Ras el Ain after selling cows in Tel Aviv 	Palestine Post, Feb 13, 1948
1948, April 9-April 11	107-120 Palestinians killed and massacred (the estimate generally accepted by scholars, instead the first announced number of 254) during and after the battle at the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, by 132 Irgun and 60 Lehi fighters.	Kana'ana, Sharif and Zeitawi, Nihad (1987), "The Village of Deir Yassin", Bir Zeit, Bir Zeit University Press: Chapter 4: The second wave: the mass exodus, April—June 1948, Section: Operation Nahshon, page 238: Chapter 16: Deir Yassin, Section 12: The Massacre, page 376-381: page 100-101britannica.com
Between 1937-1948 	During 11 years of attacks, Hundreds of Palestinian civilians, over 20 British officers and over 20 Jewish civilians were killed in total by the Irgun 	(sum of table)
==See also==
*Irgun
*List of Irgun members
*List of massacres committed prior to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war in Mandate Palestine
==References==
==External links==
*Palestine Post Archive
* Arie Perliger and Leonard Weinberg, Jewish Self Defense and Terrorist Groups Prior to the Establishment of the State of Israel: Roots and Traditions. Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2003) 91-118. Online version
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