Stern Gang

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Stern Gang was a Zionist paramilitary organization active in Mandatory Palestine during the 1940s, known for its militant campaign against British rule.

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Stern Gang canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist paramilitary organization
militant group
underground organization
alternativeName Fighters for the Freedom of Israel
Lehi
Lohamei Herut Israel
classifiedAs terrorist organization by British authorities
conflict 1947–1949 Palestine war
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
country Mandatory Palestine
dissolved 1948
endTime 1948
foundedBy Avraham Stern
goal establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine
expulsion of British rule from Palestine
headquartersLocation Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
ideology Zionism
languageOfCommunication Hebrew
leader Avraham Stern
Israel Eldad
Nathan Yellin-Mor
Yitzhak Shamir
member Eliyahu Hakim
surface form: Eliyahu Bet-Zuri

Eliyahu Hakim
Geula Cohen
Israel Eldad
Nathan Yellin-Mor
Yitzhak Shamir
mergedInto Israel Defense Forces
mergerContext formation of the IDF in 1948
militaryTactic assassination
bombing
robbery
namedAfter Avraham Stern
notableEvent killing of Avraham Stern by British police in 1942
notableOperation assassination of Folke Bernadotte
assassination of Lord Moyne
notableOperationDate 1944-11-06
1948-09-17
notableOperationTarget Folke Bernadotte
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
opposedBy Haganah
Jewish Agency Executive
surface form: Jewish Agency leadership
politicalPosition far-right
primaryOpponent British Empire
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: British Mandate authorities
splitFrom Irgun
startTime 1940
statusDuringWWII continued anti-British activity during World War II

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