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    The Acre Prison break was an operation undertaken by the Irgun on May 4, 1947, in the British Mandate of Palestine, in which its men broke through the...
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    Acre Prison, also known as Akko Prison, is a former prison and current museum in Acre, Israel. The citadel in the old city was built during the Ottoman...
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  • their sentence was commuted to life in prison. Michael was shot and severely wounded during the Acre Prison break, and died from his injuries after several...
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    Yehiel Dresner, Eliezer Kashani, and Mordechai Alkahi were hanged in Acre Prison, while singing Hatikvah. On April 21 Meir Feinstein and Lehi member Moshe...
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  • next few weeks. In the Acre Prison break, 28 members of the Jewish underground groups Irgun and Lehi escaped from Acre Prison in Acre, Mandatory Palestine...
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    carried out. The three had been captured by the British during the Acre Prison break, tried, and convicted on charges of illegal possession of arms, and...
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    Gilboa Prison break was a security event in Israel which occurred on 6 September 2021, when six Palestinian prisoners escaped from Gilboa Prison, a maximum...
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    of the kibbutz Ma'ayan Barukh. 4 May – Acre Prison break: Irgun forces break through the walls of the Acre prison and free 28 incarcerated Irgun and Lehi...
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    He was one of three Irgun members executed for their part in the Acre Prison break, which triggered the Irgun's retaliatory hanging of two British soldiers...
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    4 – Acre Prison break – Irgun members working with Jewish prisoners inside Acre Prison managed to blow a hole in the wall, and assault the prison, freeing...
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    Exodus (1960 film) (category Films set in prison)
    himself in to utilize his bomb-making expertise to facilitate the Acre Prison break. Hundreds of prisoners escape, including Akiva, though he is fatally...
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  • known as 'Shimshon'. Killed at the age of 32 in the aftermath of the Acre Prison Break in 1947 Bernard Lowenthal Lt. Herbert Delmonte-Nietto-Hollander, attached...
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    the mission. Haviv took part in the Acre Prison break on May 4, 1947, in which Irgun fighters raided Acre Prison to free Jewish underground prisoners...
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    captured during the Acre Prison break, executed on July 29, 1947. Meir Nakar, Irgun member captured during the Acre Prison break, executed on July 29...
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    presence of over 100,000 British troops in the country. Following the Acre Prison Break and the retaliatory hanging of British sergeants by the Irgun, the...
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    Galilee due to its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea. Seven of the Acre Prison break fighters who were killed during the operation are buried in the local...
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    Operation Shark Rome Embassy bombing Night of the Trains Night of the Beatings Martial law period Acre Prison break The Sergeants affair Operation Hametz...
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    officers. On May 4, 1947, he participated in the Acre Prison break, an Irgun raid against Acre Prison to free imprisoned Jewish underground members. Nakar...
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    Administration". In the wake of the "Night of the Bridges", another objective was to break the military power of the Haganah. Since the Haganah had appeared to be...
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    operations directly ordered by Begin: the Night of the Beatings, the Acre Prison break, and the Sergeants affair, were cited as particularly influencing...
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  • requested that those rounded up be handed over, for transfer to British prison camps in Eritrea. One of the arrested, Israel (Ze'ev) Epstein, a childhood...
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    Operation Shark Rome Embassy bombing Night of the Trains Night of the Beatings Martial law period Acre Prison break The Sergeants affair Operation Hametz...
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  • needed] Near the end of the book, he is shot by the British during the Acre prison break; his brother Barak is later buried next to him. David Ben Ami is black-haired...
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    Srugim Dudi 2010 The Debt Mossad Agent Guest Adam Short film 2011 Acre Prison Break Gidon plei Short film 2012 Allenby Omer TV series created by Gadi...
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  • Klein the series has composited Gruner with the perpetrators of the Acre Prison Break. The conditions of the imprisonment of Robbins and Nash, and the display...
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    Haviv, Meir Nakar, and Yaakov Weiss, to death for their role in the Acre Prison break. UNSCOP appealed to the British government through the UN Secretary-General...
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    Acre (/ˈɑːkər, ˈeɪkər/ AH-kər, AY-kər), known locally as Akko (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkkō) and Akka (Arabic: عكّا, ʻAkkā), is a city in the coastal plain region...
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  • [citation needed] On April 15, the three men and Gruner were transferred to Acre Prison in strict secrecy, and on the early morning of April 16, all were executed...
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    imprisoned by the British authorities in Acre Prison, and assisted in the preparations for the Acre Prison break. Hecht's most controversial action during...
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