Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II
| Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine | |||||||
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| Part of the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II | |||||||
Haifa refinery destroyed by airstrikes | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Italy Germany Vichy France | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 Italian aircraft lost and 1 damaged 2 Vichy French aircraft lost 3 German aircraft damaged | 224-236 civilians and military and police personnel killed | ||||||
| 2 Axis prisoners of war killed | |||||||
The Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II was part of an effort by the Royal Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) to strike at the United Kingdom by attacking those parts of the British Empire in the Middle East. The Luftwaffe and Vichy French Air Force also conducted attacks on Palestine.