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Night of the Trains | |
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Operation Party Part of Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine | |
Type | Sabotage |
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Planned by | Jewish Resistance Movement |
Target | British railway infrastructure |
Date | 1 November 1945 |
Executed by | Palmach, Irgun, Lehi |
Casualties | 1 Irgun fighter, 1 Lehi member, 2 British, 4 Arabs killed |
The Night of the Trains (or Operation Party) was a sabotage operation of the British railways in Palestine ("Palestine Railways") on November 1, 1945. The operation was one of the first carried out by the Jewish Resistance Movement, before its official establishment, and symbolized its founding.