Cairo–Haifa train bombings 1948
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Cairo–Haifa train bombings 1948
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During the 1948 Palestine war, on February 29 and again on March 31, the military coaches of the Cairo-Haifa train were mined by the Zionist militant group Lehi. On February 29, Lehi mined the train north of Rehovot, killing 28 British soldiers and wounding 35. No civilians were hurt. One or more bombs laid on the track were detonated from a nearby orange grove. Lehi took credit for the bombing of the British train claiming it was revenge for the Ben Yehuda Street Bombing in Jerusalem. The train
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1948 Lehi attacks on Cairo-Haifa train
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo%E2%80%93Haifa_train_bombings_1948
date created:
2004-02-07T11:50:11Z
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2024-09-15T17:13:35Z
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