July 12, 1948 Calm in Lydda Shattered

THE 300-400 ISRAELI TROOPS IN THE TOWN, DISPERSED IN SEMI-ISOLATED POCKETS IN THE MIDST OF THOUSANDS OF HOSTILE TOWNSPEOPLE, SOME STILL ARMED, FELT THREATENED, VULNERABLE AND ANGRY: THEY HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT THE TOWN HAD SURRENDERED.”
Source: Morris, Benny, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisted. (p. 427, 429); 1st Battalion HQ to chief of staff, Arab Legoin, ‘Following are the memoirs of 1st Battalion Officer Arshid Marshud on the Battles of the 1st Battalion in Palestine’, 9 Dec. 1948, IDFA 922\75\\693
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