LITTLE RESISTANCE TO BRITISH RAIDS SO FAR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 150, 1 July 1946, Page 5

LITTLE RESISTANCE TO BRITISH RAIDS SO FAR

Recd. 5.30 p.m. Jerusalem, June 29 It is officially announced that 100 U persons so far have been detained, ana 20 rifles and 30,000 rounds of ammunition counted. An official statement issued soon after midday to-day said operations were proceeding according to plan. Littlej’esistance so far has been offered. r fel Aviv is quiet. British sappers forced an entry into the Hapoal Bank and the Women’s Zionist Organisation buildings with explosives, but the damage was not serious. At the Noar Oved settlement, south of Tel Aviv, three Jewish settlers w*ho attempted to break the cordon were seriously wounded. Forty' Jewish settlers were detained after British troops searched Mishmar Hasharon, a settlement on the coastal nlain between Tel Aviv and Haifa. A Jewish youth erected road blocks in the Rehovoth area in which (Dr. Weizman’s house is situated). When troops removed the blocks, Jews threw I up more.

The statement adds that the curfew is being broken at Rehovoth and the matter is being dealt with. Searches at present are being carried out at Kfar Haim, also at Givat Brenner and Rmat Rahel Jewish settlements. The “Exchange Telegraph’s’’ correspondent reports that police and Government officials were called from their beds at 3.30 a.m. to participate in the raid on the Jewish Agency.

Bren carriers and barbed-wire blocked all roads while the Agency was surrounded. Only the caretaker was on the premises when the troops and police broke in. Troops quickly took up positions inside the fort-like building, while the police opened al! desks, drawers, cupboards and safes, and tapped walls for secret rooms. The correspondent adds that apprehension has gripped the Holy Lan J and widely extended precautions are being taken. All troops are confined to barracks except heavily-armed units on duty.