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The 1948 bombings in Cairo, targeting Jewish areas taking place in June and July killed 70 Jews and wounded nearly 200, while riots claimed many more lives.〔Mangoubi, Rami, "A Jewish Refugee Answers Youssef Ibrahim", ''Middle East Times'', October 30, 2004.〕 The bombings came within the scope of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In a meeting with the American Jewish Committee in New York in October 1948, the president of Cairo's Sephardi Jewish community, Salvator Cicurel, stated his belief that “the recent anti-Jewish outbreaks…() connected with the existence of Israel and the defeats of the Egyptian Army there.”〔"Meeting with Mr. Securel of Cairo, Egypt,” Oct. 28, 1948, AJC/FAD-1, Box 12, Foreign Countries, Egypt〕〔Beinin, Joel (1998), (''The Dispersion Of Egyptian Jewry Culture, Politics, And The Formation Of A Modern Diaspora'' ), University of California Press, c1998. Amer Univ in Cairo Pr, 2005, ISBN 977-424-890-2〕 ==The bombings== The first bomb was planted on June 20, 1948 in Harat Al-Yahud Al-Qara’In, the Karaite quarter of Cairo. 22 Jews were killed and 41 wounded. The bombing took place during the first truce phase of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and the authorities initially blamed the explosion on fireworks stored in Jewish homes and fighting between Karaite and Rabbinic Jews. Four weeks later on July 15, during the second phase of the war, three B-17s of the 69 Squadron of the Israeli Air Force bombed a residential neighborhoods in Cairo during the Ramadan Iftar, killing many civilians and destroying many homes.〔Beinin, 1998, "On July 15, Israeli planes bombed a residential neighborhood near the Qubba Palace in Cairo, killing many civilians and destroying many homes. The attack took place during the Ramadan iftar (breakfast meal), which undoubtedly amplified the anger of the victims, who began an angry march on the Jewish quarter."〕 A spontaneous demonstration march to the Jewish quarter took place following the attacks. Two days later the Egyptian authorities reported a potential Israeli bombing attack on Cairo, although it was a false alarm.〔Beinin, 1998, "On July 17, the Egyptian authorities reported a second Israeli bombing attack. But there was no actual attack."〕 A further two days after, on July 19, bombs exploded in the Jewish-owned Cicurel and Oreco department stores, and on July 28 and August 1 the Adès and Gattegno department stores were bombed. On September 22, five days after the assassination of United Nations mediator Bernadotte in Jerusalem, 19 Jews were killed and 62 injured in an explosion in the Jewish quarter in Cairo. On November 12, shortly after the Egyptian defeat in Operation Shmone a bomb destroyed the premises of the Société Orientale de Publicité, a large publishing and advertising firm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1948 Cairo bombings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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