| Special Night Squads | |
|---|---|
| פלוגות הלילה המיוחדות Plugot Ha'Layla Ha'Meyukhadot | |
 Members of the Special Night Squads. | |
| Active | 1938–1939 |
| Disbanded | 1939 |
| Country | British Mandate of Palestine |
| Branch | British Army |
| Type | Counter-insurgency |
| Role | Special operations |
| Size | 100 (1938) |
| Part of | British Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Northern Palestine |
| Nickname(s) | SNS |
| Engagements | 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine |
| Decorations | Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Military Cross (MC) |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Captain Orde Wingate |
The Special Night Squads[a] (SNS) was a joint British–Jewish counter-insurgency military unit, established by Captain Orde Wingate in Mandatory Palestine in 1938 during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt. The SNS basically comprised British infantry soldiers, together with some men drawn from the Jewish Supernumerary Police. Total unit strength was 100 by 1938.[1]
Wingate selected his men personally, among them Yigal Allon and Moshe Dayan, and trained them to form small mobile striking units. Wingate also collaborated with the Jewish paramilitary formation, the Haganah, reinforcing his unit with some of Haganah's Fosh commandos.[2]
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- ^ Daniel Marston, Carter Malkasian, Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011 p.33
- ^ Oring, 1981, p. 13.