▁public ▁statements . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁en su ing ▁confusion , ▁Jewish ▁residents ▁immediately ▁bl amed ▁the ▁British ▁for ▁the ▁attack . ▁David ▁Ben - G ur ion , ▁on ▁visit ing ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁car n age , ▁has ▁been ▁c ited ▁as ▁putting ▁some ▁responsibility ▁for ▁this ▁Arab ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁shoulders ▁of ▁Jewish ▁th ugs , ▁stating , ▁" I ▁could ▁not ▁forget ▁that ▁our ▁th ugs ▁and ▁murder ers ▁had ▁opened ▁the ▁way ." ▁The ▁Ir gun ▁ ▁spread ▁word ▁ordering ▁milit ants ▁to ▁shoot ▁on ▁sight ▁any ▁English man . ▁By ▁day ' s ▁end , ▁eight ▁British ▁soldiers ▁had ▁been ▁shot ▁dead , ▁while ▁a ▁nin th ▁was ▁murder ed ▁while ▁laid ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁Jewish ▁clin ic ▁for ▁treatment ▁of ▁a ▁w ound . ▁The ▁day ▁after , ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁February , ▁a ▁Jewish ▁off ensive , ▁deploy ing ▁mort ars , ▁ ▁was ▁launched ▁against ▁the ▁Arab ▁village ▁of ▁Mus r ara , ▁in ▁Jerusalem , ▁killing ▁seven ▁Arab s , ▁including ▁an ▁entire ▁family . ▁The ▁Arab s ▁believed ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁reven ge ▁for ▁the ▁Ben - Y eh uda ▁Street ▁bomb ing , ▁though , ▁according ▁to ▁It amar ▁R ada i , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁Jews ▁and ▁their ▁official ▁institutions ▁bl amed ▁only ▁the ▁British ▁for ▁the ▁incident . ▁ ▁Le hi ▁also ▁react ed ▁several ▁days ▁later ▁by ▁blow ing ▁up ▁a ▁train ▁full ▁of ▁British ▁soldiers ▁as ▁it ▁drew ▁out ▁of ▁Re hov ot ▁station