Operation Agatha

When

29 Jun 1946

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

31.75° N, 35.24° E

Description

1946 operation by British authorities in Mandatory Palestine

Placed at the district its description names, Mandatory Palestine.

1946 British military operation against Jewish paramilitaries in Mandatory Palestine

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 Palestine during the Jewish insurgency. Soldiers and police searched for arms and made arrests in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and several dozen settlements; the Jewish Agency was raided.

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