Collection of Letters from the Period of the Israeli War of Independence – "Haganah" and "Mikve Israel" School ...

Collection of Letters from the Period of the Israeli War of Independence – "Haganah" and "Mikve Israel" School, 1947-1948
Ten handwritten letters, sent by fighters and Jewish inhabitants during the Independence War. Kfar Witkin, Jaffa and other places, 1947-1948.
1. A long and interesting letter, sent by a Haganah fighter named Haim to a person named Ephraim, with a detailed report about the war occurrences: the massacre in Haifa refineries, attacks on the water supply line to the Negev, attack on Kfar Szold, reaction of the Arabs to the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel, tension between the Haganah and Etzel and Lehi, forming battalions and training fighters, and other subjects.
2. Short letter from the same writer to the same recipient, describing, apparently, the reaction of Jews in Tel-Aviv to the results of the UN vote on November 29.
3-6. Four letters sent by a woman named Menuha in Kfar Witkin to a person named Gideon in Paris (in several places in the letters the recipient is named "Ephraim"). Mentioned in the letters, among others, are news from the various fronts in the country, establishment of a "Jewish Brigade" battalion, managing the farm during the war and other topics. It is possible, that the recipient of all six letters is Ephraim Bloch, member of a patrol company of the Palmach who was sent to France on behalf of the "Haganah". The writer of the first two letters is, probably, the commander of the Palmach patrol company Haim Ron.
7-10. Four letters sent by Moshe Alperovich, student in "Mikve Israel", to his parents and family. The first two letters were sent when Alperovich was in school and mentioned in them are the bombing of the ice factory by the Palmach, the bombing of "HaYotzek" factory" by the British, Arab assaults from the nearby villages of Yazur, Abu Kabir and Tel A-Rish and other topics; the other two letters were sent, apparently, after Alperovich was drafted, when he served in one of the fronts.
10 letters, size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases and folding marks. Some tears along the folding lines and margins. Inscriptions by hand appear on the bottom margins of one letter and on the reverse of another letter.