Triangle of Terror

Triangle of Terror was a name first given by the British to Palestinian cities of Nablus, Jenin, and Tulkarem after the 1936 Arab Revolt. Israel continues to use the name today, in reference to these towns being strongholds for the Palestinian resistance in the West Bank.

Background

Tulkarem sparked the revolution of 1936. Among the skirimishes, perhaps the most notable was that of the Nour Shams ambushes and traps that killed dozens of British soldiers and struck three British jets.

As for Jenin, it was the city that gave Izz El-Din Al-Qassam a safe haven and from where he began organizing resistance cells in the city to face the British Mandate and Zionist militias until he was killed there in 1935. The Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades is named after him.