During the 1948 Arab – Israeli War , attacks were carried out against convoys moving between the Israeli-controlled section of Jerusalem and the University . The leader of the Arab forces in Jerusalem , Abdul Kader Husseini , threatened military action against the university Hadassah Hospital " if the Jews continued to use them as bases for attacks . " After the Hadassah medical convoy massacre , in which 79 Jews , including doctors and nurses , were killed , the Mount Scopus campus was cut off from Jerusalem . British soldier Jack Churchill coordinated the evacuation of 700 Jewish doctors , students and patients from the hospital
Hadassah medical convoy massacre
Hadassah medical convoy massacre
Hebrew University of Jerusalem