MOST EXTENSIVE OPERATION EVER UNDERTAKEN IN PALESTINE
7'30 V-™- Jerusalem, June 30. We carried out the most extensive operation ever undertaken in Palestine, with the loss of only three lives, said a senior British officer at Jerusalem headouarters. „ , Searches continued throughout yesterday. There was some increase of passive resistance, but no serious in-
cidents and practically no use of flrearms. A baton charge had to be used to overcome resistance ’at Ramat Rahel. Tear gas had to be use’d at Meshek Yadgur to overcome consider- ~ able resistance. TT . . ie High Commissioner received Dr. Weizmann this afternoon.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 150, 1 July 1946, Page 5
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