Operation Shark
Operation Shark was a counter-terrorism operation conducted by the military and police forces of British Mandatory Palestine in response to the King David Hotel bombing. Conducted through a series of house to house searches, the operation was intended to deprive the Irgun organization of manpower, hideouts, and weaponry.
| Operation Shark | |
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| Part of Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine | |
British Paratroopers occupying a Tel Aviv intersection during Operation Shark | |
| Operational scope | Strategic |
| Planned | 1946 |
| Planned by | Mandatory Palestine |
| Objective | Disarm and disrupt Jewish insurgent groups |
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