About 80 Jews on a civilian convoy to Mount Scopus enclave, including medical personnel, slaughtered by Muslim Arabs living in Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem against the indifference of the British forces during the inter-communal stage of the 1948 War. It took place on 13 April 1948 in what is now Palestine. The setting was Jerusalem. It was part of the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. About 77 people died. Some 20 were injured.
Before and after
- 31 March 1948Birth of Al Gore
- from 3 April 1948 to 1 December 1951Marshall Plan
- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 9 April 1948Deir Yassin massacre
- 13 April 1948Hadassah medical convoy massacre
- 16 April 1948Founding of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- 14 May 1948Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
- from 15 May 1948 to 10 March 19491948 Arab–Israeli War
- 15 May 1948Gaza–Israel conflict
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