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 | |||||||
Italy | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
150+ deaths at the bombing of Tel Aviv 12+ at Haifa Haifa oil refinery damaged |
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.