Operation Shark

For the German covert operation, see Operation Haifisch.
Operation Shark
Part of Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
British paratroopers occupying a Tel Aviv intersection during Operation Shark
Operational scopeStrategic
Planned byMandatory Palestine
ObjectiveDisarm and disrupt Jewish insurgent groups
Date30 July 1946 – 2 August 1946
Outcome
  • Success in disrupting insurgent activity
  • Bolstered public support for an end to the Mandate of Palestine

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.[1][2][3]

The 22 July bombing of the King David Hotel was the direct cause of Operation Shark.
  1. ^ "Some Military Operations – British Forces in Palestine". www.britishforcesinpalestine.org. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  2. ^ "History of the Palestine Police during the British Mandate – Operation Shark". www.landofbrokenpromises.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  3. ^ French, D. The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945–1967. Oxford University Press, 2011: p48.