Rekhesh

Rekhesh (Acquisitions) was the arms and munitions procurement branch of the Haganah Jewish defence force in Mandate Palestine.[1]

Rekhesh stole arms from British and Allied military bases, bought weapons on the black market and imported them from legitimate suppliers.[2]

The organisation was expert at modifying, dismantling, cannibalising and packing weapons so that they could be smuggled into Palestine without detection by the British authorities.[2] Shaul Avigur was head of the organisation and Ehud Avriel one of its main operatives.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Deacon, 1978, p. 39.
  2. ^ a b Adelman, 2008, p. 156.
  3. ^ Early Operations of Israeli Intelligence, Jewish Agency for Israel, Accessed 24 May 2009.

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