The Continuation of the Diaries of Khalil Sakakini, 28 March 1948

Handwritten, this archival item documents the continuation of the diaries of Khalil Sakakini on Sunday 28 March 1948, where he mentioned the news of a battle between the Arabs and a Jewish convoy saying that the Arabs stood facing the convoy while on its way returning to Jerusalem by sitting checkpoints from rocks, as the battle caused the death of 14 Jews and the injury of 45 others, while the Arabs controlled 150 rifles and cannons, a ton and a half of war material, bombs, armour-plated vehicles, and plenty of light weapons, and Ibrahim Abu Dayyeh from Surif led the battle, planted the mines, armed those whos weren't armed and distributed his men all over the battlefield.