What the records say
- When
- 19 May 1948
- Kind
- Military operation
- Deaths
- 150
- Coordinates
- 32.06° N, 34.78° E
- Description
- Egyptian operation during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Placed at the coordinates of its Wikipedia articles (2 of 2 languages agree).
Egyptian airstrike on the Old Tel Aviv central bus station
Egyptian operation during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
On May 18, 1948, the Royal Egyptian Air Force bombed the Old Tel Aviv central bus station four days after Israel declared independence, killing 42 people.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un raid aérien égyptien sur la gare routière centrale de Tel Aviv tue et en blesse cent”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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