Operation Agatha
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Operation Agatha, sometimes called Black Sabbath or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath, was a police and military operation conducted by the British authorities in Mandatory Palesti
Zionist leaders in Latrun, following the operation. Left to right: David Remez, Moshe Sharett, Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Dov Yosef, David Shenkarsky, David Hacohen, Chaim Halperin.
A room in Kibbutz Yagur after a weapon search was conducted during Operation Agatha. From the collections of the National Library of Israel.
British Government Statement of Information Relating to Acts of Violence, including a summary of information gained from Operation Agatha.
King David Hotel bombing
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The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack on 22 July 1946, by the militant ri
The hotel after the bombing
Rear of the hotel, 1931
The explosion of a second bomb at the King David Hotel