✦ History

Part of Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine

King David Hotel bombing

July 22, 1946 · King David Hotel

The Zionist group Irgun bombed the British administrative headquarters in Jerusalem. The attack killed 91 people.

On the map Contemporaries

Key people

Menachem Begin Irgun commander; ordered the attack

Participants

Strength and losses

All
Deaths 91
Wounded 45