On April 1 , 1948 , Carlson left Cairo accompanying the Egyptian " Green Shirts " volunteers as a photographer . They entered Palestine through Rafah . Not far from Be'er Sheba , Carlson saw for the first time a Jewish communal settlement – Kibbutz Beit Eshel - " contrasted sharply with the squalor of Arab villages " . Through Hebron , the men reached Jerusalem . Carlson accompanied the Arab fighters , moving between different points of conflict . On April 13 , 1948 , the Hadassah medical convoy massacre took place , after which Carlson says the Arabs claimed " they had been falsely informed of large concentrations of Jewish bands gathering near the Hospital and University . " When asked who had informed them , the Arabs of Aboutor answered : " The English ! "
Hadassah medical convoy massacre
Hadassah medical convoy massacre
Arthur Derounian