JERUSALEM KING DAVID HOTEL EXPLOSION - from our story 'Photos Of Palestine And Israel 1930-1949'

Shortly after noon on july 22, 1946, one wing of the huge Palestine Government secretariat and the Headquarters of the Palestine Army command in the King David hotel, Jerusalem, was destroyed. Bombs had been planted in the basement. Our Associated Press photo shows the wrecked wing ot the King David hotel where the government chief secretary's office was located, immediately after the explosion. Ref #: PA.2508973 Date: 22/07/1946

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