The British search and the bridge explodes
The British searched for the two vehicles, according to the license plate numbers they had. The number on the truck was erroneously written, hence there was no worry about the truck or is driver. Whereas the cab was hidden in a barn at Beit-Hashita and its driver was "planted" in the Palmach units in the Jordan Valley and the Israel Valley.
While the saboteurs completed their work at the bridge, a British patrol passed by the awaiting vehicles and after a brief interaction, sufficed in writing down the vehicles' license plate numbers. The main force returned from the bridge, joined the vehicles at 22:30 and drove northbound. At 23:30, an explosion was heard from the direction of Sheikh Hussein Bridge, which was sabotaged by another Palmach unit. British forces began to make their way to the area. Zariz decided to avoid unnecessary risk; the force left the vehicles and walked about 5km to kibbutz Mesilot. The vehicles continued driving until kibbutz Beit-Hashita.
The demolition detonator did not go off on time. At 05:00, a British patrol arrived at Damiya Bridge, checking to see if the bridge was bombed like the other bridges that were sabotaged that night. The sabotage officer of the British engineering corps located one of the charges, and while trying to detonate it, the entrapment installed in the explosives went off. The charge exploded, the bridge was destroyed and the British officer was killed.
The British searched for the two vehicles, according to the license plate numbers they had. The number on the truck was erroneously written, hence there was no worry about the truck or is driver. Whereas the cab was hidden in a barn at Beit-Hashita and its driver was "planted" in the Palmach units in the Jordan Valley and the Israel Valley. He spent a year and half there, until the British were forced to give up on him and close his file.
The British built a new bridge at the Damiya pass instead of the one destroyed. This bridge was bombed once again during the Six Day War. The bridge was restored in the late 60's, according to the "Open Bridges Policy," which enabled the passing of people and merchandise between the Jordanian Kingdom and the West Bank.
The demolition detonator did not go off on time. At 05:00, a British patrol arrived at Damiya Bridge, checking to see if the bridge was bombed like the other bridges that were sabotaged that night. The sabotage officer of the British engineering corps located one of the charges, and while trying to detonate it, the entrapment installed in the explosives went off. The charge exploded, the bridge was destroyed and the British officer was killed.
The British searched for the two vehicles, according to the license plate numbers they had. The number on the truck was erroneously written, hence there was no worry about the truck or is driver. Whereas the cab was hidden in a barn at Beit-Hashita and its driver was "planted" in the Palmach units in the Jordan Valley and the Israel Valley. He spent a year and half there, until the British were forced to give up on him and close his file.
The British built a new bridge at the Damiya pass instead of the one destroyed. This bridge was bombed once again during the Six Day War. The bridge was restored in the late 60's, according to the "Open Bridges Policy," which enabled the passing of people and merchandise between the Jordanian Kingdom and the West Bank.