Word: mahaneh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...date, the fedayeen's most damaging operation was a bomb in Jerusalem's Mahaneh Yehuda marketplace last month. It killed twelve civilians and wounded 53. Embarrassingly for the guerrillas, two rival groups claimed credit, but the Fatah man, a burly, mustachioed Arab dressed in dungarees and a dirty white sweater, told the more convincing story, and the fedayeen council granted the glory to El Fatah. Arriving back at Arafat's headquarters in suburban Amman, he related that he wore a stolen Israeli policeman's uniform, drove a small, British-built delivery van to .the market...
...Friday morning, the busiest place in Jerusalem is the Mahaneh Yehuda (Camp of Judah) market. Last week, a crowd of 3,000 filled its narrow lanes and open stalls as housewives shopped for the Sabbath. No one noticed a small blue delivery van parked on Agrippas Street, nor could they know that it carried 450 lbs. of explosives and a timing device. At precisely 9:28 a.m., the van blew...
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