What the records say
- When
- 12 Jun 1948
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 32.89° N, 13.19° E
- Description
- 1948 riots in Tripoli, British Tripolitania
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1948 anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania
1948 riots in Tripoli, British Tripolitania
The 1948 Anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania were riots between the antisemitic rioters and Jewish communities of Tripoli and its surroundings in June 1948, during the British Military Administration in Libya. The events resulted in 13–14 Jews and 4 Arabs dead and destruction of 280 Jewish homes. The events occurred during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “émeutes anti-juives à Tripoli”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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