an attack by the Irgun on the King David Hotel headquarters of the British Mandatory authorities of Palestine, which was carried out in Jerusalem on the 22nd of July, 1946

Raziel who proved to be the most prominent Irgun commander until Menachem Begin

assumed a Rabbi's identity ("Yisrael Sasover")

Major Mackintosh, became suspicious of this group of Arabs and began to ask questions, but was suddenly gunned down by a member of the Jewish gang and subsequently died. A policeman stationed at the tradesman's entrance suffered a similar fate when he challenged the Jewish terrorists. Both victims were unarmed

Many were killed instantly as the whole wing of the building collapsed about them, others were trapped and many more injured.

Not all the 91 one people killed were members of the British Security Forces. There were 15 Jews among the dead, including women

arrested by the NKVD

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