Ten killed in Israeli strikes and clashes between Hamas and militia in Gaza, local sources say
BBC →Israel and Hamas have accused each other of repeatedly violating the ceasefire which they agreed almost six months ago. At least 723 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in Israeli attacks since then.
50 Killed In Clashes In Palestine
Haifa, Palestine, July 26.—(H)—Five persons were killed today in the Holy Lands Arab-Jewish racial warfare, which took 15 lives in Haifa yesterday. Greater loss of life was averted when police found in the crowded Arab vegetable market of old Jerusalem a heavily charged bomb just 15 minutes before it was set to explode. Police expressed the belief the bomb was similar to the one which exploded in the Haifa market yesterday. Three members of terrorist band were slain in a battle with special constables, whom they had attacked. A Jewish father and his 14-year-old son were killed when they were ambushed near a Jewish settlement on the banks of the Jordan river. Casualties were placed at 15 dead and 107 wounded. Sixty-one of the victims were Arabs and four were Jews. The Associated Press correspondent (CONTINUED on Page Five)
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Al-Bassa massacre – Events of the massacre
On the morning of September 7, 1938, British military forces, consisting of a company from the Royal Ulster Rifles (RUR) and armored units from the 11th Hussars, entered the Palestinian village of al-Bassa, located near Acre in north-west Galilee. Upon arrival, the British troops engaged in a sustained period of machine gun fire that lasted approximately 20 minutes against the civilian population. By the end of the operation, al-Bassa had been completely devastated.
Wikipedia →Woodhead Commission – Conclusions
The commission report was published on 9 November 1938, and concluded that no plan of partition could be evolved within the terms of reference which would, in the view of the members of the Commission, offer much hope of success for the eventual establishment of self-supporting Arab and Jewish states. The commission rejected Plan A, which was the Commission's interpretation of the Peel Plan, mainly on the grounds that it required a large transfer of Arabs to reduce the number of Arabs in the proposed Jewish state.
Wikipedia →White Paper of 1939 – Content
The White Paper of 1939 was a policy paper issued by the British government, led by Neville Chamberlain, in response to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. It stated that with over 450,000 Jews having now settled in the mandate, the Balfour Declaration about 'a national home for the Jewish people' had been met, and it called for an independent Palestine to be established within 10 years and to be governed jointly by Arabs and Jews.
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