List of killings and massacres in Mandatory Palestine

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

This is a list of killings and massacres committed in Mandatory Palestine. It is restricted to incidents in which at least three people were deliberately killed. This list does not include unlawful deaths due to criminal activity. It includes all casualties that resulted from the initial attack on civilians or non-combat military personnel.

Note: The designation "responsible party" below refers to those believed to be the principle instigators of the violence. Where culpability is disputed or ambiguous, the sources cited support the chosen designation.

Individual massacres during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine are listed below. In total during the course of these events between September 27, 1937 – 1939 5,000 Arabs, 415 Jews, several hundred Britons were killed[1]

List of killings and massacres committed in Mandate Palestine

Name Date Responsible party Casualties notes
Battle of Tel Hai March 1, 1920 Arabs 13 8 Jews killed;[1] 5 Arabs killed.
Nebi Musa riots April 4–7, 1920 Arabs 9 5 Jews, 4 Arabs killed; 216 Jews, 18 Arabs, 7 Britons wounded[1][2][3]
Jaffa riots May 1–7, 1921 Arabs 95 48 Arabs, 47 Jews killed; 140 Jews, 73 Arabs wounded.
NA November 2, 1921 Arabs 5 5 Jews killed in Jerusalem in stabbing attack. Multiple wounded, including women and children.[4]
Palestine Riots August 23–26, 1929 Arabs 249 133 Jews, 116 Arabs killed; 339 Jews, 232 Arabs wounded [5][1][2][3][6]
Hebron massacre August 24, 1929 Arabs 67 67 Jews killed; 58 Jews wounded
Safed massacre August 29, 1929 Arabs 20 18–20 Jews killed; 80 Jews wounded (included in previous entry)[6]
1933 Palestine riots October 28, 1933 Arabs 20
The Bloody Day in Jaffa (Hebrew: יום הדמים ביפו) April 19–20, 1936 Arabs 21 9 Jews killed, 40 Jews wounded (11 critically) in Arab attack in Jaffa. Police killed two attackers. Further 7 Jews and 3 Arabs killed the next day[7][8][9]
Labor Strike Revolt April 20 – October 12, 1936 Arabs, Jews, British authorities 253 138 Arabs, 82 Jews, 33 British killed, 369 Jews wounded (110 critically)[1][10]
NA July 7, 1937 Unknown 27 6 Jews and 21 Arabs killed in Haifa when bomb is thrown into a crowd at a marketplace. 11 Jews and 52 Arabs wounded [11][12]
NA August 13, 1937 Arabs 4 4 members of a Jewish family, 3 children, shot dead by Arabs who broke into their home in Safed[13]
NA November 9, 1937 Arabs 5 5 Jewish Keren Kayemet workers killed near Har Haruach by an Arab ambush. Ma'ale HaHamisha was named in their honor.[14]
N/A November 14, 1937 Jewish militants (Irgun) 10 10 Arabs killed by Irgun units launching attacks around Jerusalem, ("Black Sunday")[15][16]
N/A 28 March 1938 Arabs 6 6 Jewish passengers killed by Arabs while traveling from Haifa to Safed.[17]
N/A April 12, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 4 2 Arabs and 2 British policemen were killed by a bomb in a train in Haifa.[16]
N/A May 24, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 3 3 Arabs were shot and killed in Haifa.[16]
N/A June 26, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 7 7 Arabs were killed by a bomb in Jaffa.[16]
N/A June (late), 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 0 Unknown number of Arabs killed by a bomb that was thrown into a crowded Arab market place in Jerusalem.[18]
N/A July 5, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 7 7 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks in Tel-Aviv.[16]
N/A July 5, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 3 3 Arabs were killed by a bomb detonated in a bus in Jerusalem. Further Arab killed in another attack in Jerusalem[16]
N/A July 6, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 23 18 Arabs and 5 Jews were killed by two simultaneous bombs in the Arab melon market in Haifa. More than 60 people were wounded.[16][19][20]
N/A July 8, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 4 4 Arabs were killed by a bomb in Jerusalem.[16]
N/A July 16, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 10 10 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jerusalem.[16]
N/A July 25, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 43 43 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Haifa.[16][21]
N/A August 16, 1938 Arabs 3 A Jewish family was kidnapped by Arabs in Atlit. 3 killed.[22][23]
N/A August 26, 1938 Jewish militants (Irgun) 24 24 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jaffa.[16]
N/A September 14, 1938 Arabs 3 3 Jews killed in a bomb attack and ambush on a private vehicle near Nir David then: Tel Amal)[24] Several attackers killed by Britons.
1938 Tiberias pogrom October 2, 1938 Arabs 19 19 Jews were killed.[25]
N/A February 27, 1939 Jewish militants (Irgun) 33 33 Arabs were killed in multiple attacks, incl. 24 by bomb in Arab market in Suk Quarter of Haifa and 4 by bomb in Arab vegetable market in Jerusalem.[26]
N/A May 29, 1939 Jewish militants (Irgun) 5 5 Arabs were killed by a mine detonated at the Rex cinema in Jerusalem.[16]
N/A May 29, 1939 Jewish militants (Irgun) 5 5 Arabs were shot and killed during a raid on the village of Biyar 'Adas.[16]
N/A June 2, 1939 Jewish militants (Irgun) 5 5 Arabs were killed by a bomb at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem.[16][27]
N/A June 16, 1939 Jewish Militants (Irgun) 6 6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Jerusalem.[16]
N/A June 19, 1939 Jewish Militants (Irgun) 20 20 Arabs were killed by explosives mounted on a donkey at a marketplace in Haifa.[16][28]
N/A June 29, 1939 Jewish Militants (Irgun) 13 13 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks around Jaffa during a one-hour period.[16][29]
N/A July 20, 1939 Jewish Militants (Irgun) 6 6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Tel-Aviv.[16]
N/A July 20, 1939 Jewish Militants (Irgun) 3 3 Arabs were killed in Rehovot.[16]
NA June 11, 1941 Italian Air Force 20 20 Jews killed in Tel Aviv during Italian air raid [30]
N/A September 27, 1944 Jewish militants (Irgun) 0 Unknown number of casualties, around 150 Irgun members attacked four British police stations[31]
N/A November 1, 1945 Jewish militants (Irgun) 0 5 locomotives destroyed in Lydda station. Two staff, one soldier and one policeman killed.[32]
N/A December 27, 1945 Jewish militants (Irgun) 7 3 British policemen and 4 Basuto soldiers killed during the bombing of British CID headquarters in Jerusalem; 1 British soldier killed during attack of British army camp in north Tel Aviv[33][34]
King David Hotel bombing July 22, 1946 Jewish militants (Irgun) 91 91 killed, including 41 Arabs, 28 Britons, and 17 Jews; 40-45 wounded[35][36]
N/A January 12, 1947 Jewish militants (Irgun) 4 4 killed in bombing of British headquarters.[37]
N/A March 1, 1947 Jewish militants (Irgun) 17 17 British officers killed, during raid and explosion.[38]
N/A September 26, 1947 Jewish militants (Irgun) 4 4 British policemen killed in Irgun bank robbery.[37]
N/A September 29, 1947 Jewish militants (Irgun) 13 13 killed, 53 wounded in attack on British police station.[37]
1947 Jerusalem riots December 2, 1947 Arabs 14 8 Jews Reported Killed[39][40]
al-Tira December 12, 1947 Jewish militants 13 13 Arabs killed, 10 wounded[41][42]
N/A December 12, 1947 Jewish militants (Irgun) 20 20 killed, 5 wounded by barrel bomb at Damascus Gate.[43]
N/A December 13, 1947 Jewish militants (Irgun) 16 16 Arabs killed; 67 Arabs wounded from bombings in Jerusalem and Jaffa; Irgun also burns down 100 Arab homes in Jaffa[1]
N/A (See Beit Nabala) December 14, 1947 Arab Legion 13 13 Jews killed (some sources say 14); 9 Jews, 2 Britons, 1 Arab wounded in attack on military convoy near Lydda[1]
N/A December 16, 1947 Jewish militants (Irgun) 10 10 killed by bomb at Noga Cinema in Jaffa.[44]
al-Khisas massacre December 18, 1947 Jewish militants (Haganah) 10 10 Arabs killed[1]
N/A December 24, 1947 Arab snipers, Jewish militants 8 4 Jews killed in Haifa by snipers, 4 Arabs killed in reprisals[1]
N/A December 26, 1947 Arab militants 0 7 Jews killed while driving in convoy to Jerusalem[1]
N/A December 28, 1947 Arab Snipers, Jewish militants 5 5 Jews killed in Bab el Wad by snipers, 5 Arabs killed in reprisals[1]
N/A December 29, 1947 Arab militants, Jewish militants (Irgun) 4 4 Jews killed in Tel Aviv from mortar and sniper fire, 13 Arabs killed in Jerusalem in Irgun bombing[1][1][45]
Bomb thrown on Damascus Gate Café in Jerusalem December 29, 1947 Jewish militants (Irgun) 13 11 Arabs, 2 Britons killed[1][46] Uri Milstein reported 15 casualties from the bombing in the Palestine Post.[47]
Haifa Oil Refinery massacre December 30, 1947 Jewish militants (Irgun), Arabs 39 Arabs beat 39 Jews to death and injured 49 after an Irgun bombing which killed 6[1]
Balad al-Shaykh massacre January 1, 1948 Jewish militants (Palmach) 50 17–70 Arabs killed in Haifa[1]
N/A January 3, 1948 Arab militants 4 4 Jews killed in Haifa[1]
N/A January 3, 1948 Arab militants 4 3 Jews, 1 Briton killed in Jerusalem[1]
Bombing of Arab National Committee HQ January 4, 1948 Jewish militants (Stern Gang) 14 14 Arabs killed; 100 Arabs wounded[46]
Semiramis Hotel bombing January 5, 1948 Jewish militants (Haganah) 20 20 Arabs killed in Jerusalem[48]
N/A January 5, 1948 Jewish militants (Irgun) 14 14 Arabs killed and 19 injured by truck bomb outside the 3-storey 'Serrani', Jaffa's built Ottoman Town Hall[49]
N/A January 5, 1948 Arabs, Jews 4 4 Arabs killed after attacking Jewish quarter in Safed[1]
Jaffa Gate bombing in Jerusalem January 7, 1948 Jewish militants (Irgun) 18 15–20 Arabs killed[1][50]
N/A January 9, 1948 Arab militants 35 35 Jews killed near Kfar Etzion[1]
N/A January 10, 1948 Arab militants 11 11 Jews killed, 1 decapitated near Yavne[1]
N/A January 14, 1948 Arab militants 7 7 Jews, 2 Britons killed in Haifa[1]
The 35 Heroes of Gush Etzion (Hebrew: ל"ה גיבורי גוש עציון) January 15, 1948 Arab militants 35 35 Jewish members of a relief force to Gush Etzion killed near Hebron by Arab militants.[51]
N/A January 20, 1948 Arab militants 8 8 Jews killed in Yehiam[1]
N/A January 22, 1948 Arab militants 7 7 Jews killed near Yazur[1]
N/A January 25, 1948 Arab militants 10 10 Jews killed[1]
N/A January 27, 1948 British soldiers 4 4 Arabs killed in Gaza[1]
N/A February 3, 1948 Arab militants 6 6 Jews killed while riding buses in Haifa[1]
N/A February 7, 1948 Arabs, Jews 6 3 Arabs, 3 Jews killed in Haifa[1]
N/A February 8, 1948 Arabs 6 6 Jews killed in Jerusalem[1]
N/A February 8, 1948 Arab militants 3 3 Jews killed in Tel Aviv[1]
N/A February 10, 1948 Jewish militants (Irgun) 7 7 Arabs killed near Ras el Ain after selling cows in Tel Aviv[52]
N/A February 12, 1948 Arabs 4 4 Jews killed in Jerusalem[1]
N/A February 15, 1948 Arab militants, Jewish militants 8 5 Arabs, 3 Jews killed[1]
Sa'sa' village ambush in the Safad district February 14, 1948 Jewish militants (Palmach) 11 11 Arabs killed[53]
N/A February 17, 1948 Arab militants, Jewish militants 8 5 Arabs, 3 Jews killed[1]
N/A February 17, 1948 Arab militants 57 57 Arabs killed while taking part in attack on Jewish settlements Tirat Tzvi, Sde Eliahu, Ein HaNatziv[1]
Ramla vegetable market bombing February 18, 1948 Jewish militants (Irgun) 12 12 killed, 43 wounded[54]
N/A February 19, 1948 Arab militants 4 4 Jews killed while riding buses in Haifa[1]
N/A February 21, 1948 Jewish militants 4 4 Arabs killed in Haifa[1]
Ben Yehuda Street bombing February 23, 1948 Arab militants, British deserters 55 55 Jews killed[1]
N/A February 25, 1948 Arab militants 3 3 Jews killed on road between Ramle and Tel Aviv[1]
N/A February 28, 1948 Arab militants 7 6 Arabs, 1 Jew killed during attack on Jewish village Kfar Sava[1]
N/A February 18, 1948 Arab militants 4 4 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish settlement Mitzpe[1]
Rehovot Train bombing March 1, 1948 Jewish militants 28 28 Britons killed[1]
Bevingrad Officers Club bombing March 1, 1948 Jewish militants (Irgun) 20 20 Britons killed; 30 Britons wounded[2]
N/A March 1, 1948 Arab militants 4 4 Jews killed on Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road[1]
N/A March 2, 1948 Arab militants 9 6 Arabs, 3 Jews killed during Arab attack on Tel-Aviv Jerusalem road[1]
N/A March 4, 1948 Arab militants 16 16 Jews killed on Jerusalem-Atarot road[1]
N/A March 9, 1948 Arab militants 3 3 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish settlement Yehiam[1]
N/A March 11, 1948 Jews, Arabs 5 4 Arabs, 1 Jew killed in Tiberias[1]
Jewish Agency bombing March 11, 1948 Arab militants 13 13 Jews killed[1]
N/A March 14, 1948 Arab militants 7 7 Jews killed near Faluja[1]
N/A March 14, 1948 Jews, Arabs 5 4 Arabs, 1 Jew killed in Tiberias[1]
N/A March 18, 1948 Arab militants 9 5 Britons, 4 Jews killed in convoy near Acre[1]
N/A March 20, 1948 Arabs 7 7 Jews killed at Ein Harod[1]
N/A March 21, 1948 Arabs 6 6 Jews killed on Rosh Pinna-Safed road[1]
N/A March 22, 1948 Arab militants 24 4 Jews, 20 Arabs during attack on Jewish settlement Nitzanim[1]
N/A March 24, 1948 Jewish militants 36 36 Arabs killed near Tulkarem[1]
N/A March 26, 1948 Arab militants 8 6 Arabs, 2 Jews killed in attack on Jewish convoy near Gaza[1]
N/A March 28, 1948 Arab militants 6 6 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish convoy near Rehovot[1]
N/A March 28, 1948 Arab militants 6 6 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish convoy near Safed[1]
Cairo-Haifa train bombing March 31, 1948 Jewish militants (Lehi) 40 40 Arabs killed; 60 Arabs wounded[1]
Massacre in an orange grove in Lydda April 1, 1948 Jewish militias 11 11 Arab laborers killed[55]
Deir Yassin massacre April 9, 1948 Jewish militants (Irgun) 100-250 100-254 Arabs killed[56][57][58]
Hadassah medical convoy massacre April 13, 1948 Arab militants 78 78 Jews (nurses, doctors, and patients) killed[59][60]
Cairo-Haifa Train bombing April 23, 1948 Jewish militants (Lehi) 8 8 Britons killed; 27 Britons wounded[2]
Sorona Police Station bombing April 25, 1948 Jewish militants (Lehi) 4 4 Britons killed[2]
Ein al Zeitun massacre May 3, 1948 Jewish militants (Palmach) 55 37–70 Arab prisoners
Kfar Etzion massacre May 13, 1948 Arab militants and Arab Legion 140 127–157 Jews killed[1]
Abu Shusha May 14, 1948 Israeli 52 52

See also

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=PlX7R1W3W1FXwA7NZQQ31PvZ0A6XcEGoLrXuqOA8EJvD0MK30%2FZ%2BO9RBflAsML89Yw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=DAV%2F1936%2F07%2F17&page=4&rtl=true
  5. [http://avo.co.il/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=2765 'Communal relations - Jewish and Arab in the city of Hebron' (2005) (Hebrew)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Shaw Report
  7. http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=PlX7R1W3W1FXwA7NZQQ31CkdNdttOOJnKpQPxfszXzy4%2F%2FEL50OcJQayLdOYnOLrYw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=DAV%2F1936%2F04%2F20&page=1&rtl=true
  8. http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=PlX7R1W3W1FXwA7NZQQ31CkdNdttOOJnKpQPxfszXzxfzMYnJh6nBv%2FkTMjGTRZVYw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=DAV%2F1936%2F04%2F20&page=8&rtl=true
  9. http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=96KzFMUry1ERiHgyc6%2ByB7H6mXwXnSNTAZ6UT%2BiHCngwytI862BtCwPhAYZcq3CIYw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=DAV%2F1937%2F06%2F25&page=2&rtl=true
  10. Detailed newsreport summing up the event and Jewish casualties http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=96KzFMUry1ERiHgyc6%2ByB49F9Q88Sr%2BUUs8LpwcMHzcqKC5RSqvEJu%2BiKQ5PMKv3Yw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=DAV%2F1937%2F02%2F02&page=6&rtl=true
  11. http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=8yHaYnXD6TCfoQVaRuJQGBwhgtkEYyeIklv9yTYrJZQzfUOa9wlHKYPxo%2Fn7Wg4jYw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=DAV%2F1938%2F07%2F07&page=1&rtl=true
  12. http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=8yHaYnXD6TCfoQVaRuJQGLptC4J44f8Jw3jimOZcSPGnvvO%2F49Ux0ncJpMnyzcnOYw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=DAV%2F1938%2F07%2F08&page=1&rtl=true
  13. http://www.laad.btl.gov.il/Web/He/Victims/111.aspx?ID=35813
  14. http://www.izkor.gov.il/HalalKorot.aspx?id=505279
  15. J. Bowyer Bell, Moshe Arens, Terror out of Zion,p. 39, 1996 edition
  16. 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 16.12 16.13 16.14 16.15 16.16 16.17 16.18 (Hebrew)Y. 'Amrami, A. Melitz, דברי הימים למלחמת השחרור ("History of the War of Independence", Shelach Press, 1951).
  17. http://www.laad.btl.gov.il/Web/He/Victims/111.aspx?ID=35794
  18. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Citing Arnold Zweig's letters to Sigmund Freud
  19. Irgun site Restraint and Retaliation section.
  20. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. Palestine Post, July 26–27, 1938
  22. http://www.laad.btl.gov.il/Web/He/Victims/111.aspx?ID=35932
  23. http://www.laad.btl.gov.il/Web/He/Victims/111.aspx?ID=38456
  24. http://www.jpress.nli.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=33qrSrchslLOhGnFlMuMf77wh1jgmcUxIzEnVneTCpuCZ4xlxJ0xNRCKp1ZCLmFAYw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=HZH%2F1938%2F09%2F15&page=1&rtl=true
  25. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. Y. Ben-Ami, Years of Wrath, Days of Glory; Memoirs of the Irgun, Speller and Sons, New York 1982; p 229. Casualty figures from Palestine Post Feb 28, 1939.
  27. The Irgun web site, "The Split within the Irgun" section
  28. Palestine Post, June 20–22, 1939
  29. Palestine Post, June 30, 1939
  30. Dr. Yom-Tov Levinsky, מחורבן לחורבן - page 83 http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?sits=1&req=41738&st=%u05e2%u05e8%u05d1%u05d9%u05dd
  31. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. Horne, Edward (1982). A Job Well Done (Being a History of The Palestine Police Force 1920 - 1948). The Anchor Press. OCLC 834452921. Page 289.
  33. The Irgun web site, "The United Resistance" section.
  34. Horne. Page 294
  35. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
  36. The Irgun Site
  37. 37.0 37.1 37.2 Donald Neff, Hamas: A Pale Image of the Jewish Irgun And Lehi Gangs, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May/June 2006, p. 14-15.
  38. The Irgun web site, "Raid on the Jerusalem Officers Club" section.
  39. http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/592306
  40. http://images.rarenewspapers.com/ebayimgs/6.17.2012/image043.jpg
  41. Palestine Remembered - Al-Tira
  42. Palestine Post, Dec 14; Milstein, Vol 11, p91
  43. Uri Milstein, History of Israel's War of Independence, Vol II. p51
  44. Milstein, Vol II, p81.
  45. Milstein, Vol II, p214.
  46. 46.0 46.1 Jewish Virtual Library
  47. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  48. Archives of The International Herald Tribune
  49. The Scotsman newspaper, Jan 6, 1948
  50. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  51. Dr.Yom-Tov Levinsky מחורבן לחורבן 1956 http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?sits=1&req=41738&st=%u05e2%u05e8%u05d1%u05d9%u05dd
  52. Palestine Post, Feb 13, 1948
  53. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  54. Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem
  55. Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem
  56. Kana'ana, Sharif and Zeitawi, Nihad (1987), "The Village of Deir Yassin," Bir Zeit, Bir Zeit University Press, 1987)
  57. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  58. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  59. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
  60. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.