On July 22 , 1946 , Edward Sperling died in the King David Hotel bombing . Sperling was preparing to leave Jerusalem to go to Haifa . As he left his government office at the King David Hotel , he was shot at by Irgun men ( not knowing he himself was a Zionist ) . Wounded , he fled back into his office in the hotel . Shortly afterward , the bombs planted by the Irgun men in the hotel went off . He was among the 91 people killed in the bombing . He was buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem . ( See King David Hotel bombing )
King David Hotel bombing
King David Hotel bombing
Edward Sperling