ARAB RAIDERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23160, 5 October 1938, Page 15

ARAB RAIDERS

PALESTINE MASSACRES A NIGHT OF TERROR SHOCKING ATROCITIES INNOCENTS SLAUGHTERED By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright .(Received October 4, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 4 Signalled by a low. whistle from the darkness of a hillside, launched on Tiberias the worst night of terror in Palestine since the open-' ing of the campaign, says a message from Jerusalem. Rabbi Asha Werner says .the Arabs, most of whom were between the ages of 17 and 20, attacked the village of Kiryat Samuel, where a husband and wife were stabbed to death. In a Jioti.se next door to the synagogue a mother and her five children were stabbed and burned to' death, while the father, Constable Mizrahim, was guarding the Buildrings. ' ' ' ■ ' ' •. -V;: " Two wooden houses nexjbto that of Constable Mizrahim 'were the scenes of even more ghastly tragedies. Joshua Benarjeh and his wife ajid i son were stabbed and fatally burned and a baby boy was shot dead. Three visiting children were also stabbed and burned to death. , . ... , .. In another dwelling a man named Kalpin and his sister were stabbed and fatally burned., the man's widow escaped; " ; - •' '' " The casualties at theweek-end totalled 140 including 85 rebels. A transjordan frontier force quelled the disturbance. According to an earlier message 100 rebels attacked the Jewish quarters at Tiberias and * perpetrated, a house-to-house killing 21 Jews,: including seven child- ■ ren. Four rebels were killed ; and many ;on both sides were wounded in subsequent fighting. Rebels also made a surprise attack and shot a Jewish watchman, slaughtered men, women and children, and set fire to a synagogue and Government buildings. ' ; Ten Arabs were killed and foui wounded when a landmine exploded at Jaffa. ■ • .

Moro than 100 Arabs have been killed in .the past 1 two days as,the result o! j encounters with Government forces.

A Military Court , at Jerusalem sentenced to death Jacob Kotek, of Tel« a-viv, on a. charge of carrying arms and ammunition. He is only the second. Jew sentenced to death throughout th* disturbances. __ —— - ? ; v . IRAK MINISTER VISIT TO ENGLAND BEARING ON UPHEAVAL LONDON. Oct. r. The Irak Foreign Minister,' Seyyidl Tawfik al Suwaidi, will arrive in Eng«> land to-day for a week's stay as tin guest of the' Government, says th< Australian Associated Press. The out> come of the visit may have an" import* ant bearing on the' upheaval in Pale* tine. - " g > The Minister is considered to hart great influence in the Middle East. -