HAIL OF FIRE INTO OFFICERS' QUARTERS
"Received Fridav, 9.25 p.m. K JERUSALEM, Jan. 3. Ihe terrorists appear to /have used \ full resources in last night. 's atylfs in which, for the lirst time, they flamethrowers in addition to tlieir •'customarv automatie weapons, rifles, pistols and handgrcnades, says the [Daily Telegraph correspondent. In any . other eountrv than Palestine which is acclimatised to eonditions of lawlessness, it would be considered as a fullscale rebellion. The British United Press correspondent reports 1(5 terrorist attacks in vajrious parts of Jerusalem up to 11 p.m. Ati least 300 terrorists partieipated. Thje casualties to midniglit were onlv onip army officet1 killed, six soldiers and pol|ice wounded, and 20 eivilians wolmded. 'The police captured a number of the terrorists' home-made flamethrowrei'S and are now examiuing tliem. R euter's correspondentj describing.
the attack on British military head quarters at Tel Aviv, says terrorists from the roof of a nearbv block oi tlats, sent a liail of fire into the oflicers' quarters on the tliird floor of Citrus ITouse. The casualties are reported to be oue British soldier, oue Jewish girl' eanteen worker and oue passerby sliglitly wounded and an Arab police man seriously wounded. The correspondent also reports an at taek against police headquarters at J affa. An Army spokesman claimod 1h general failure of the terrorists' attempts.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 January 1947, Page 5
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