In 1940 and 1941 there were a number of air-raids on Haifa and Tel-Aviv by the Italian air-force. On September, 1940, a residential neighborhood in Tel Aviv was targeted by the … Read More Why Italian Planes Bombed Tel-Aviv?
Prof. Yehuda Lapidot
The Altalena Affair
The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June of 1948, during the War of Independence, between the newly-formed Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun (Etzel), a … Read More The Altalena Affair
British Soldiers Bomb Ben-Yehuda Street
‘Ben-Yehuda Street incident’ – IsraCast is publishing photos of the British car bombings in Jerusalem before the end of the mandate in 1948. 50 Jews were killed, with more than 100 injured. … Read More British Soldiers Bomb Ben-Yehuda Street