Altalena reaches the coast of Israel

When

20 Jun 1948

Kind

Event

Coordinates

32.08° N, 34.77° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Altalena affair.

Altalena reaches the coast of Israel. The Provisional government of Israel demands that all the weapons on board be handed over to it unconditionally, in accordance with the agreement regarding the integration of the Irgun into the Israel Defense Forces. The Irgun refuses to comply.

Confrontation between the IDF and Irgun in 1948

The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June 1948 between the newly created Israel Defense Forces and the Irgun, one of the Jewish paramilitary groups that were in the process of merging to form the IDF.

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