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    The Palmach (Hebrew: פלמ"ח‎, acronym for פלוגות מחץ‎, Plugot Maḥatz, "Strike Companies") was the elite combined strike forces and sayeret unit of the...
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    The Palmach Museum (Hebrew: מוזיאון הפלמ"ח) is a museum located in Ramat Aviv, Israel dedicated to the Palmach, the strike-force of the pre-state underground...
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    HaPalmach (Hebrew: הפלמ"ח) is a street in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem. The street is named for the Palmach paramilitary forces (acronym for plugot...
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  • the Haganah aerial service Palmach, the elite fighting force of Haganah Palavir, the Palmach aerial service Palyam, the Palmach naval service Irgun, a Zionist...
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    Yitzhak Rabin (category Palmach members)
    (often translated as lieutenant general). As a teenager he joined the Palmach, the commando force of the Yishuv. He eventually rose through its ranks...
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    primarily by the Irgun and Lehi, who were supported by the Haganah and Palmach. The massacre was carried out despite the village having agreed to a non-aggression...
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    of the Palmach, the elite strike force of the Haganah. His father, Zvi Spector, was the commander of Operation Boatswain, a failed 1941 Palmach mission...
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    the 1948 Arab–Israeli War it was a Palmach infantry brigade. It was formed in late April 1948 from existing Palmach battalions: the First Battalion, that...
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    wrote a book about the undercover unit he helped to create inside the Palmach, which was posthumously published by the Israeli Ministry of Defense and...
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    Isaac Shoshan (category Palmach members)
    "Mista'arev". Starting as an undercover operative in the "Arab Section" of the Palmach in Mandatory Palestine, he later became one of the founding members of...
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    Yitzhak Sadeh (category Palmach members)
    Landoberg, August 10, 1890 – August 20, 1952), was the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the...
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  • Operation Boatswain (category Palmach)
    Boatswain was the first of the operational missions carried out by the Palmach as part of the cooperation between the Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine...
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    Israeli Navy and he became the captain of the Israeli Naval vessel Palmach. The Palmach was credited with many operations in the Sinai and in Lebanon. [citation...
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  • 18 February, killing 7 residents and injuring 45. On 28 February, the Palmach organised a bombing attack against a garage in Haifa, killing 30 people...
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    745. Palmachim was established on 11 April 1949 by former members of the Palmach underground organization's Yiftach Brigade, on land of the depopulated...
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    and currently[citation needed] stars in the Israeli television series Palmach on Teen Nick via yes. She uses her middle name Shelbia as her professional...
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    British ban on the carrying of weapons. On 17 March six members of the Palmach accompanying a convoy were killed in a clash with the British Army. At...
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    practical skill set that was acquired during the training period of the Palmach and Haganah fighters. The main focus was to upgrade the physical endurance...
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    Shimon Avidan (category Palmach members)
    – September 11, 1994), born Siegbert Koch (Hebrew: זיגברט קוך), was a Palmach soldier and IDF military leader. He was the commander of the Givati Brigade...
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    Two days later, the Palmach again bombed the police coast guard station at Givat Olga, killing a British soldier, while a Palmach attack on the Royal...
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    established in 1947 under the name Sde Akiva. The founding members were from the Palmach and had previously been members of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed. It served as...
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    (Hebrew: יצחק חופי‎; 25 January 1927 – 15 September 2014) was a member of the Palmach, IDF General, chief of the Northern Command (Israel), and director of the...
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  • Operation Yiftach (Hebrew: מבצע יפתח, Mivtza Yiftah) was a Palmach offensive carried out between 28 April and 23 May 1948. The objectives were to capture...
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    Avraham Adan (category Palmach members)
    major-general and author. Prior to Israel's independence, he served with the Palmach, an elite formation within the Haganah paramilitary force of the Yishuv...
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    Asaf Simhoni (category Palmach members)
    kibbutz from Arab attacks. Simhoni became one of the first volunteers in the Palmach shortly after its establishment on May 15, 1941. Within two short months...
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    consisting of three main units—the Field Corps, Guard Corps, and the Palmach. During World War II, the Yishuv participated in the British war effort...
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    for the Haganah. In the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the 4th Battalion of the Palmach (Harel Brigade), with Uzi Narkiss, mounted their fight for Sha'ar HaGai...
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    lift the siege of Jerusalem. 1500 men from Haganah's Givati brigade and Palmach's Harel brigade conducted sorties to free up the route to the city between...
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    total force numbered around 6,000 soldiers. The operation was named after Palmach officer Daniel "Dani" Mass, who had fallen on January 16, 1948, while commanding...
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    was an attack on the Palestinian village of al-Khisas carried out by the Palmach on December 18, 1947 during the 1948 Palestine war. 10-15 Palestinian villagers...
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