Day 129 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

The event://5708־12b־26־operation־נחשון־begins NAHSHON opened on 5–6 April, rather than an uncontested 6–7 April night. The ההגנה HAʾHAGANA captured خلدة KHULDA. and ההגנה HAʾHAGANA captured دير محيسن DAYR MUḤAYSIN. established control at villages near the western approaches. The latter's initial seizure is alternatively dated 3 or 5 April in village histories and was followed by withdrawal and return. Population estimates are not same-day expulsion counts, and later demolition must not be moved to the capture date.^{1 2 3}

The הארגון HAʾIRGUN attacked an imperial military camp. began around 07:00. Official reporting describes guards overpowered and shot, further firing and seized weapons. Contemporary death figures vary from six to eight, including an internal inconsistency in the ministerial account. The action belongs to הארגון HAʾIRGUN; it is not evidence of collective responsibility by יהודים YEHUDIM.^{4 5}

AP's 6 April dispatch reports fifty trucks arriving that day. JTA's 7 April issue also says fifty arrived, with different relative wording. Morris's own descriptions differ in date and vehicle breakdown. The A supply convoy reached ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM. therefore uses 6 April provisionally while preserving 7 April and an unresolved convoy identity. One successful delivery did not permanently end the blockade.^{6 7}

The 6 April JTA issue describes continued fighting at משמר העמק MISHMAR HAEMEK and a claimed 40 Arab deaths. The figure covers reported fighting in an ongoing battle, not a new verified 6 April increment. The local truce and subsequent operations need separate timing.

Later police transcriptions record Mohammed Ahmed Awad killed in an attack on laborers near Moledeth, and Subhi Ibn Adib Jabour killed by shooting near the Jaffa Club. A 12-year-old and other people were reportedly wounded; a Jerusalem child's transcribed age remains unclear. The named victims should remain individual leads without guessing shooters, combatant status or completed investigations.⁸

Lovett's 06:00 telegram communicated trusteeship principles discussed on 5 April. It was a policy transmission, not establishment of a successor government.⁹

This is Day 129 of the 599-day civil-date series: 1948-04-06. Its public slot is the daytime conversion כ״ו באדר ב׳ ה׳תש״ח 26th 𝑜𝑓 Adar II, AM 5708, 26 Adar II 5708. It is not a claim that every included incident occurred on that Hebrew day. After local sunset, the date becomes כ״ז באדר ב׳ ה׳תש״ח 27th 𝑜𝑓 Adar II, AM 5708. The main opening is night 5–6 April, already 26 Adar II. Camp raid 07:00 is 6 April. Convoy arrival 6/7 and Dayr Muhaysin 3/5/6 remain explicit alternatives. ^{10 11}

• What can reconcile a convoy’s arrival across conflicting issue dates?
• Why should a camp raid be assigned to an organization rather than an entire people?