July 22: King David Hotel (Jerusalem) bombed from within! Jerusalem: Jewish militant bombing of south wing of the hotel used as British Military Headquarters…
…the bombing was spearheaded by Jewish militant groups Irgun and Lechi… 90 dead, in spite of warning call 2 hours prior to the bombing…the dead overwhelmingly from the British military establishment.
The bombing was denounced by Haganah, although the Irgun asserts they were conceptually on–board with the plan.