1946 Explosion of the King David Hotel

70 years ago, on July 22, 1946, in response to the events of Black Saturday on June 29, when the British authorities of Palestine arrested thousands of Jewish activists, militants of the right-wing Jewish organization Irgun bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. As a result of the attack, 92 people died: 41 Arabs, 17 Jews, 28 British, 5 representatives of other nationalities, as well as one of the Irgun fighters. The hotel housed the secretariat of the British administration and military headquarters. To avoid casualties, the terrorists made several warning calls 25-30 minutes before the explosion, but the hotel was not evacuated.