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Leaflet # 74

First Seen on 1 Jul 1948

English Translation

To the Arabs of AlTairuh,

The next couple of hours are pivotal, you can control your own fate. In your midst are sinful gangs of armed foreigners who control your fate, branding you with dishonor and disgrace, pushing you to assault and offence, you have been foiled, coerced and have colluded with these brutes, assisting them in their exposed acts, helping them in their crimes against innocents.

The line has been crossed, the hour of punishment has come, we implore you to hand in the men of the foreign gangs, and all your weapons to the Israeli army, then and only then, can you live in peace in your homes.

If you refuse and resist on your way to loss, know the sword will strike your necks without mercy, if you resist further and uphold your resistance, utilizing the heavy weaponry you posses, know we have fighter planes and tanks, our weaponry will strike your village to ashes and rubble, your houses will be struck, and your backs will be struck.

All of AlTairuh will be reduced to ashes and rubble for owls and crows to roam upon.

So, O Arabs of AlTairuh,

If you want to avoid a Nakba, to contain the disaster, and to avoid the inevitable death coming, surrender, concede, the noose is on your necks, the pliers of siege are tightened around you, surrounding every corner of you, all openings are closed in your faces, your only way out, is to surrender and concede.

You do not win anything from your perseverance and resistance except monetary loss, the ruin of your farms, lands and crops, and the loss of your lives!

The victor army of Israel has destroyed the strongholds of the gangs in Yaffa, Haifa, Akka, Tabria and Safad, and lastly has conquered AlLid, and AlRamleh, and Ras AlAin, and tens of villages in the north and south of Palestine, our victor army will forever wipe you, inevitably, and within hours, if you do not hand in your weapons and surrender immediately.

You have the choice, either surrender and live in peace, with your children and offspring, or resist, and you will face inevitable death and will be wiped.

Israeli Army Command

Photograph of leaflet believed to be originally distributed on 1 Jul 1948