Events in the year 1944 in the British Mandate of Palestine. Incumbents High Commissioner – Sir Harold MacMichael until 30 August; John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein Prime Minister of Transjordan – Tawfik Abu al-Huda until 15 October; Samir al-Rifai Events 1 February – The Irgun proclaims a revolt against the British mandatory government. 27 February – The Irgun bombs the income tax offices. 15 March – World War II: Hannah Szenes and two male colleagues are parachuted by the British into Yugoslavia and join a partisan group. 1 May – The British mandatory government restricts the immigration of Jews to Palestine. 1 August – Fourth Assembly of Jewish Representatives elections held. 8 August – Lehi members attempt to assassinate the High Commissioner, Sir Harold MacMichael. 30 August – Sir John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine. 20 September – World War II: The Jewish Brigade group of the British Army is established. 19 October – Irgun and Lehi members are deported by the Mandate authorities to internment camps in Africa. November – The founding of the city Giv'at Shmuel. 6 November – Lord Moyne, the British minister of state in the Middle East, is assassinated by Lehi members in Cairo. 7 November – World War II: Hannah Szenes is executed in Hungary by a German firing squad. Notable births 6 January – Yair Rosenblum, Israeli composer (died 1996) 9 February – Ze'ev Seltzer, Israeli footballer and football manager 10 February – Assad Assad, Druze Israeli politician, diplomat, and military officer 16 February – Gaby Mazor, Israeli archaeologist 20 February – Yaakov Peri, Israeli politician and director of Shin Bet 6 March – Michael Eitan, Israeli politician 18 March – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, 15th Chief of Staff of the IDF (died 2012) 19 March – Sirhan Sirhan, assassin of Robert F. Kennedy 4 April – Yehudit Naot, Israeli scientist and politician (died 2004) 4 April – Alex Odeh, Palestinian Christian and Arab-American activist (died 1985) 9 April – Leila Khaled, Palestinian Arab, member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who is best known for hijacking airplanes 7 April – Oshik Levi, Israeli singer and actor 19 April – Yehuda Weinstein, Israeli lawyer, Attorney General of Israel 20 May – Matan Vilnai, Israeli politician and former Major General in the IDF 26 May – Israel