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The Irgun (Hebrew: ארגון), officially the National Military Organization in the Land of Israel (Hebrew: הארגון הצבאי הלאומי בארץ ישראל, romanized: HaIrgun HaTzvaʾi Ha-Leumi b-Eretz Israel; abbr. אצ״ל, romanized: Etzel or IZL), was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948.
Irgun launched a series of attacks which lasted until the founding of Israel. All told, Irgun attacks against Arab targets resulted in at least 250 Arab deaths during this period. The following is a list of attacks resulting in death attributed to Irgun that took place during the 1930s and 1940s.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Deir Yassin massacre Part of the Nakba, 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and Plan Dalet Jewish paramilitaries in Deir Yassin Location Deir Yassin, Mandatory Palestine Date April 9, 1948 (1948-04-09) [a] Target Palestinian Arab villagers Weapons Firearms, grenades, and explosives Deaths ...
It was the deadliest attack directed at the British during the Mandate era (1920–1948). [8] [9] Disguised as Arab workmen and as hotel waiters, members of the Irgun planted a bomb in the basement of the main building of the hotel, whose southern wing housed the Mandate Secretariat and a few offices of the British military headquarters.
The Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, known in the United Kingdom as the Palestine Emergency, [5] [6] was a paramilitary campaign carried out by Zionist militias and underground groups—including Haganah, Lehi, and Irgun—against British rule in Mandatory Palestine from 1944 to 1948.
The Sergeants affair (Hebrew: פרשת הסרג'נטים) was an incident that took place in July 1947 during Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, in which the Jewish underground group Irgun abducted two British Army Intelligence Corps NCOs, Sergeant Clifford Martin and Sergeant Mervyn Paice, and threatened to hang them if the death sentences passed on three Irgun militants—Avshalom ...
This is a list of notable members of the Irgun, either having been listed by the Irgun's website [1] or by reputable independent sources.. Former Irgun members [2] have held positions of highest influence in the Israeli political and security establishments since independence, and the lasting effect of the ideology espoused by groups such as the Irgun and the Lehi continues to be a source of ...
Its campaign of violence lasted from 1944 to 1948. Initially conducted together with the Irgun, it included a six-month suspension to avoid being targeted by the Haganah during the Hunting Season, and later operated jointly with the Haganah and Irgun under the Jewish Resistance Movement.