"first phase is the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine. It began on 30 November 1947..."
Already in August and September, Arab violence against Jews was on the rise. There was the Cafe Hawai incident on August 10.
From Palestine Post August 12:
August 13:
August 14:
August 15:
August 18:
August 20 (Beit Dajan was an Arab village):
Inter-communal violence, spurred by the upcoming UN deliberations on the question of Palestine, began in August and sporadically continued for the next three months as the lead-up to the war that would begin in earnest on November 30.
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