Battle of Anabta
The battle of Anabta occurred on June 21, 1936, when Palestinian Arab militants attacked a convoy of civilian buses escorted by British soldiers in Mandatory Palestine, near Anabta. Two British soldiers were killed, along with 10 or 11 Arabs in what the New York Herald Tribune termed a "major fight" in the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine and The Baltimore Sun described as the "heaviest engagement" of the revolt at that point.
| Battle of Anabta | |||||||
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| Part of 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United Kingdom | Palestinian Arabs | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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John Evetts Henry Sills † |
Ibrahim Nassar Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| British Army | Local rebels (Fasa'il) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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450 British soldiers 4 British aircraft | 60–70 Arab fighters | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 killed and 3 wounded | 10 killed and 4 wounded | ||||||
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