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After four ITzL אצ"ל members, Dov Gruner, Yehiel Dresner, Mordechai Alkahi and Eliezer Kashani, were captured by the British 6th Airborne Division, and hanged in Acre Prison, Lehi and ITzL אצ"ל prisoners mulled an escape, but concluded it would be impossible without outside assistance, and so, they put forward their escape plan to ITzL אצ"ל headquarters.
Dov 'Shimshon' Cohen was selected to lead the operation, which was originally planned for April, but was rescheduled for 16:00PM, Sunday, May 4, 1947, the day the United Nations General Assembly wouldconvene to discuss the Palestine issue.

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At 14:00PM, Sunday, May 4, 1947, an ITzL אצ"ל military engineering unit, under commanded by Dov Salomon and Yehuda Apiryon, made its way to the nearby Turkish bath, disguised as telephone technicians and carrying ladders, TNT, ropes and other necessary incursion equipment, while ITzL אצ"ל strike and escape teams spread through the prison, disguised as British military convoys.
At 16:22PM, a massive explosion that shook the prison.
One prisoner, Michael Eshbal, blew up the grille at the corridor, while another group of prisoners delayed the British jailors with hand grenades and burning barricades.
In all, 34 ITzL אצ"ל and Lehi fighters attacked the prison, and, Dov Cohen and two other fighters from the attacking force were killed, and five fighters from the attacking force were captured by the British, along with eight escapees.
The attack freed 28 ITzL אצ"ל and Lehi prisoners, as well as 182 Arab prisoners.

References

  1. וייס Weitz Weiss, Yaakov 'Erma' 'Simon' ben Yosef (Joseph)
  2. נחמיאס Nehmias Nachmias, Yosef 'Yoske' 'Yossi'