December 14, 1947 Arab Murder, Mayhem, and Massacre – Lydda, Ramleh, Ben Shemen

The Arab Legion under British, Lieutenant General John Glubb moved into action long before the British left.  As early as December 14th, 1947, it was responsible for an attack on a guard escorting a Jewish convoy of trucks on its way to Ben Shemen, a children’s agricultural village near Lod (then Lydda).  Fourteen Jews were killed and twelve wounded.

Source: Memoirs of General John Glubb