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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 Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, [1] more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade Group [2] or Jewish Brigade, [3] was a military formation of the British Army in the Second World War. It was formed in late 1944 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and was recruited among Yishuv Jews from Mandatory Palestine and commanded by Anglo-Jewish officers.
30 August – Sir John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine. 20 September – World War II: The Jewish Brigade group of the British Army is established. [1] 19 October – Irgun and Lehi members are deported by the Mandate authorities to internment camps in Africa.
The Night of the Bridges (formally Operation Markolet) was a Haganah venture on the night of 16 to 17 June 1946 in the British Mandate of Palestine, as part of the Jewish insurgency in Palestine (1944–47).
The Palmach (Hebrew: פלמ״ח , acronym for פלוגות מחץ , Plugot Maḥatz, "Strike Companies") was the elite combined strike forces and sayeret unit of the Haganah, the underground army of the Yishuv (Jewish community) during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine. The Palmach was established in May 1941.
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.
At that time, the British also supported the creation and the training of Palmach, as a unit that could withstand a German offensive in the area, with the consent of the Yishuv which saw an opportunity to get trained units and soldiers for the planned Jewish state [9] and during 1944–1945, the most mainstream Jewish paramilitary organization ...
The assault occurred as Jewish militia sought to relieve Arab siege of Jews in Jerusalem. Around 107 villagers were killed during and after the battle for the village, including women and children—some were shot, while others died when hand grenades were thrown into their homes. 4 among the Irgun and Lehi forces were killed too.