Les quatre objectifs étaient Nabi Samuel, le point le plus élevé de la région, Sheikh Jarrah (quartier du caveau de Simon le juste שמעון הצדיק) , un village sur la route du mont Scopus, Katamon, et Augusta Victoria à l'est de la vieille ville de Jérusalem[1],[2] commandée par Yitzhak Sadeh, qui eut lieu du au .
Certaines informations figurant dans cet article ou cette section devraient être mieux reliées aux sources mentionnées dans les sections «Bibliographie», «Sources» ou «Liens externes» ().
Collins, Larry & Lapierre, Dominique (1972) O Jerusalem! History Book Club edition by arrangement with Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Page 301. Sadeh to Rabin: "If we can get away with this Jerusalem will be all ours forty eight hours after the British leave."
Kimche, Jon et David (1960) A Clash of Destinies. The Arab-Jewish War and the Founding of the State of Israel. Frederick A. Praeger. Library of Congress number 60-6996, p.136
Kimche, page 135, 136. Has "over 40 killed". The Palmach memorial website has 2 killed on 22 April, 32 killed on 23 April.
Herzog, Chaim (1982) The Arab-Israeli Wars. War and Peace in the Middle East. Arms and Armour Press. (ISBN0-85368-367-0). Page 40. "due to poor timing."
Collins/Lapierre. Page 306. 6pm 27 April and withdrawal to Mount Scopus.
Kimche. Page 136. 80 Arabs dead, "attacking force suffered 10 killed." Page 138. Closing the road from Hebron.
Herzog. Page 40. Numbers of Battalions, number of men attacking and 40 dead. Mentions Iraqi Arab Liberation Army irregulars.
Glubb, Sir John Bagot (1957) A Soldier with the Arabs. Hodder and Stoughton. Pages 72,73.
Collins/Lapierre. Pages 309, 313. Dov Joseph's order and Sadeh's departure.
Dov Joseph, "The Faithful City. The siege of Jerusalem, 1948" . Simon and Schuster, 1960. Congress # 60 10976. Page 34
Collins/Lapierre. Pages 309, 313. Dov Joseph's order and Sadeh's departure.
Cattan, Henry (1981) Jerusalem. Croom Helm. (ISBN0-7099-0412-6). Page 51. Number of Arab districts under Jewish control.
Asali, K.J. (1989) Jerusalem in History. Scorpion Publishing. (ISBN0-905906-70-5). Page 259. Estimate of number of refugees. (Michael C. Hudson)
Journal of Palestine Studies, 160 Volume XL, Number 4, Summer 2011. Amit, Gish Salvage or Plunder? Israel's "Collection" of Private Palestinian Libraries in West Jerusalem. Page 8. Puts the pre-war non-Jewish population of Qatamon, Talbiyya, Baq'a, Musrar, the German and Greek Colonies, and Abu Tor at 28,000.