Night of the Trains

Night of the Trains
Operation Party
Part of Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
TypeSabotage
Location
Planned byJewish Resistance Movement
TargetBritish railway infrastructure
Date1 November 1945; 79 years ago (1945-11-01)
Executed byPalmach, Irgun, Lehi
Casualties1 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.