Lebanese-born Fawzi al-Qawuqji (an officer in the Iraqi army) and 150 volunteers from surrounding Arab countries enter Palestine to aid the rebellion against the British.
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👉 Fawzi al-Qawuqji Aids the Great Palestinian Rebellion Current 25 August 1936
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