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Israel celebrates Irgun hotel bombers [1]

['Harry De Quetteville', 'In Jerusalem', 'Jack Maidment', 'Alex Robbins', 'Celia Walden', 'Hannah Boland', 'Chris Price', 'Camilla Tominey']

Date: 2006-07-22 00:01:00+00:00

This week, former Irgun fighters and current Right-wing politicians unveiled the plaque at the hotel, which read: "The hotel housed the Mandate Secretariat as well as the Army Headquarters. On July 22, 1946, Irgun fighters at the order of the Hebrew Resistance Movement planted explosives in the basement. Warning phone calls had been made urging the hotel's occupants to leave immediately. For reasons known only to the British, the hotel was not evacuated and after 25 minutes the bombs exploded, and to the Irgun's regret and dismay 91 persons were killed."

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[1] Url: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1524552/Israel-celebrates-Irgun-hotel-bombers.html

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