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Group of Haganah fighters killed in the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine Graves of the Convoy of 35 in Mount Herzl . The Convoy of 35 (or the Lamed He , which stands for "thirty five" in Hebrew numerals ), was a convoy of Haganah and Palmach fighters sent during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on a mission to reach by foot and resupply the blockaded kibbutzim of Gush Etzion in January 1948, after earlier motorized convoys had been attacked. They were spotted before they could reach their destination and killed in a prolonged battle by Arab irregulars and local villagers.
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The Convoy of 35 graves The Convoy of 35 (or the Lamed He which means "thirty five" in Hebrew numerals ) refers to 35 soldiers of the Haganah who were killed while attempting to resupply and or reinforce the Gush Etzion kibbutzim by foot on January 16, 1948, after a number of convoys had been attacked during the early stages of the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine .
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Graves of the Convoy of 35 in Mount Herzl .The Convoy of 35 (or the Lamed He , which stands for "thirty five" in Hebrew numerals ), was a convoy of Haganah fighters sent during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on a mission to reach by foot and resupply the blockaded kibbutzim of Gush Etzion in January 1948, after earlier motorized convoys had been attacked.They were spotted before they could reach their target and killed in a prolonged battle by Arab irregulars and local villagers.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “convoy of haganah fighters sent during the 1947–48 civil war in mandatory palestine on a mission to reach by fo”. Today it says “convoy of haganah and palmach fighters sent during the 1947–48 civil war in mandatory palestine on a mission to”. Read the current article and compare.
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convoy of haganah fighters sent during the 1947–48 civil war in mandatory palestine on a mission to reach by fo
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convoy of haganah and palmach fighters sent during the 1947–48 civil war in mandatory palestine on a mission to
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