Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II

BelligerentsItaly
Germany
Vichy France

United Kingdom

• Palestine
  • Yishuv
• Australia

Casualties and losses 2 Italian aircraft lost and 1 damaged
2 Vichy French aircraft lost
3 German aircraft damaged 224–236 civilians and military and police personnel killed Most of the 80 bodies were beyond recognition

The Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II was part of an effort by the Royal Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) to strike at the United Kingdom by attacking those parts of the British Empire in the Middle East. The Luftwaffe and Vichy French Air Force also conducted attacks on Palestine.