Nakba #59 - Hassan Ibrahim al-Najjar

1948 “My father had binoculars that I was allowed to borrow. Through them I could see how the Zionists burned down the Bedouins’ tents on the outskirts of Ṭabariyya (Tiberias). Some of the Bedouins died, others fled.

Then the Zionists advanced into Ṭabariyya. They fired at our house. We had only old pistols and knives and a single automatic weapon to defend ourselves against their modern weapons.

Fifteen soldiers from al-Urdunn (Jordan) came to our aid. But the Zionists blew up their headquarters and the soldiers fled. The next day I went out to see what was left.