Heroes vs Arab led nassacre 13 April 1948: hospital convoy - ambushed
DAILY NEWS, "WEDNESDAY 'APRIL,' 14, 1948 Arabs Attack Convoy
By ROBERT CONWAY - .. Jerusalem, April 13.
Spurred by fanatical fury, a large force of Arab troops hurled themselves on a 10-truck Jewish convoy on the outskirts of Jerusalem today and in a furious battle .. persons were killed and 24 seriously wounded.
Among the dead was Dr. Haim Yassy, internationally famous director of the American-owned and financed Hadassah Hospital.
The remainder comprised 34 Jews, seven Arabs and one British soldier.
Yassy, who died with his wife beside him, was shot three times. She was not injured. ... The battle broke out this morning and raged hotly for seven hours as a large force of khaki-clad Arabs ambushed the Jewish food convoy on King George Road as it approached the Jaffa Road toward Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus. Doctors, nurses, patients and medical supplies for the hospital rode with the convoy.
The Arabs, aroused to fury because a large Jewish convoy carrying food to the beleaguered Holy City had slipped through their lines earlier, charged on the small hospital caravan shouting "Remember Deir Yassin" ... Their first assault down the winding hillside road was under cover of mortar salvos, and was spearheaded by blanket fire from Sten guns and automatic weapons. "With advance and retreat blocked, the Jews fought desperately against constantly reinforced Arab troops. Some Jews hastened to their aid from Jerusalem, from which there is but one road open, the other three being held down under Arab siege. The Jews fought their way into the cover of nearby buildings as their trucks blazed from mortar hits..."
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