Al-Qastal, Jerusalem
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Al-Qastal was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of Jerusalem and named for a Crusader castle once standing on the hilltop. Used during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War as a military base by
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View of Qastal in 1948 before Operation Nachshon
View of the road from Qastal
Palestinian irregulars moving to counterattack Haganah positions in Al-Qastal, 7–8 April 1948
Abdul Qadir al-Husayni
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Abdul Qadir al-Husayni was a Palestinian revolutionary and Arab nationalist guerrilla military leader. In late 1933, he founded the secret militant group known as the Organization for Holy Struggle, w
Al-Qastal, Jerusalem
…convoys so as to prevent them from reaching the besieged Jewish parts of Jerusalem. For this purpose, it was occupied by the Army of the Holy War led by Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, the commander of the Jerusalem Hills sector. The village was assaulted by the Palmach's Harel Brigade and two squads of the Haganah during Operation…
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Abd al-Qadir's wedding, 1934
Abdul Qader al-Husseini with his troops prior to the January 1948 attack on Kfar Etzion. Photograph taken by a Palmach spy