CABLEGRAM RECEIVED 21 MAY 1948 FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SECURITY COÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµCIL TRUCE COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµCIL
MAJOR HERZOG, JEWISH AGENCY MILITARY LIAISON OFFICER, REQUESTED TRUCE COMMISSION TO TRANSMIT FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO SECURITY COÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµCIL:
"ON THE 19TH MAY THE ARAB LEGION OPENED FIRE WITH 25 POÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµD GÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµS AND CANNON FROM ARMOURED VEHICLES ON THE HADASSAH HOSPITAL. THE GÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµFIRE WAS DIRECTLY AIMED AND SHELLS PENETRATED AND CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS INCLUDING WARDS. THE JEWISH AGENCY INFORMED THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND THE US CONSUL GENERAL SINCE HOSPITAL IS US PROTECTED PROPERTY. THE RED CROSS HAS PREVIOUSLY INSPECTED THE BUILDINGS AND INFORMED THAT NO MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE WITHIN THE HOSPITAL BUILDINGS, THOUGH GUARDS POSTED IN GROÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµDS AROÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµD."
THE MATTER HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE AMERICAN CONSUL GENERAL FOR INVESTIGATION, SINCE HADASSAH HOSPITAL IS Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDER AMERICAN PROTECTION.
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Document Type: Cablegram
Document Sources: Security Council
Subject: Armed conflict, Health, Jerusalem
Publication Date: 21/05/1948