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The siege of Jerusalem 1948, a rare historical letter from Operation Harel. An envelope sent on April 17 to Afula and sent with the first food supply convoy when it returned to Tel Aviv. The envelope was sent from Tel Aviv on April 20, but the letter attached to the envelope tells the amazing story of the student from the teachers' seminary at Beit HaKerem Jerusalem, who sees the convoy spontaneously and unexpectedly and decides to write a letter to her parents just before the convoy returns. In the letter, she describes how the car serves as her desk and tells of the many delays of the post office during this period. From Wikipedia : Operation Harel was one of the operations of the Palmach's War of Independence. Its two objectives were to transport food and supply convoys to besieged Jerusalem, and to bring Palmach forces from the lowlands to near the city. The operation took place between April 16 and 21, 1948, as a continuation of Operation Nachshon. As part of Operation Harel, more than 600 trucks were delivered to the city on the eve of Passover in three convoys. Another organizational result of the operation was the consolidation of the Palmach battalions that operated on the way to Jerusalem into the Harel Brigade. On the night of April 15-16, the 4th Battalion captured the village of Saris, which controlled the road to Jerusalem, and since it could not hold it, destroyed it. [1] The House of Surich and Bidu were also occupied and partially destroyed. An attempt to capture Soba was unsuccessful. On the 17th, the first convoy entered Jerusalem as part of the operation. There were about 130 trucks in the convoy. She left Tel Aviv at dawn, carrying 410 tons of food, in Kfar Bilu and Hulda loaded additional cargo, unloaded her cargo and returned safely to Tel Aviv. - The Scans are a Part of the Item description General Tags: Minhelet Haam , stamp , stamps , Raphael , Israel