Jewish Agency bomb 11-3-1948

On March 11, 1948, a  car bomb planted in the courtyard of the Jewish Agency by an Arab terrorist (which is believed to have been smuggled into the heavily-guarded compound in a stolen U.S. Consulate car. ) 

exploded,  killing 13 and wounding nearly 100 civilians.

In this photo a small sports car being used as an ambulance to rush victims to hospital.

 Original photo

International News Photo - 1948. After bombing of Jewish Agency

 Photo by: Lasar Dunner - 
original by radiophoto.

Photo Credit:

Tom Fitzsimmons, Associated Press

same location today

A bit more about the Jewish Agency bombing;

On March 11, 1948, an American-born Armenian who worked as a driver for the American consulate drove up to this building, which housed Jewish governmental council offices in the city of Jerusalem. He was allowed entry, parked the consular vehicle, and walked away. Moments later, the car bomb exploded ripping away a section of the wall.

The "Keren Hayesod" wing of the building was completely destroyed.

 Leib Yaffe, director-general of Keren Hayesod 

(Who attended the first Zionist Congress and was the brother of Bezalel Yaffe, one of Tel Aviv's founders,), 

was killed in the bombing.

Video about the bombing.

The same building in an early photo