Lehi bombing of Haifa police station

On January 12, 1947, the Lehi, a Zionist paramilitary group, bombed the British police station in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine with a truck laden with explosives.^{[1]: 299 [2][3]} It has been described as the first car bombing or truck bombing "fully conceptualized as a weapon of urban warfare."^[4][5] The attack killed 4 and injured 142, and it ended a truce in Mandatory Palestine.^[2]

Lehi bombing of Haifa police station
Part of Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
Location	Haifa police station, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
Date	January 12, 1947 (1947-01-12)
Deaths	4 killed
Injured	142 injured
Perpetrator	Lehi

History

The attack occurred during the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine.