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bazooka team destroyed one tank, the Irgun blew up buildings that collapsed into the street as the tanks pushed forward, and Irgun men simply climbed onto tanks and tossed dynamite sticks into them. The
British withdrew, leaving Irgun in control of Menashiya. This was the only direct battle between the British and the Irgun.
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of proper funding. The c. 40 hectares of land resulting from the demolitions are occupied by a small number of office buildings, by parking lots and public gardens, bordering on a few main roads. The seaside part of
Manshiya, to the west of Hasan Bek Street (nowadays Kaufmann Street), had been redeveloped into
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warplanes overflew southern Tel Aviv and Jaffa. The
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Manshiya was established in the late 1870s, during Jaffa's process of city expansion which saw its historical city walls demolished in 1879. According to Or
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