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The Peulot Meyuhadot (POM or Pu''m) (Hebrew: פעולות מיוחדות) were three highly secret special operations squads set up in Palestine by Yitzhak Sadeh on David Ben-Gurion's orders early in 1939, towards the end of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. The squads were created for retaliatory strikes against Arab resistants and villages, attacks on British installations, and the elimination of Jewish informers and traitors.

The squads were controlled directly by Ben Gurion, without reference to the Haganah general command, and were used repeatedly during the last months of the Arab revolt and during the months that followed.

Notable members of the squads were Yigal Allon and David Shaltiel.

Notes

1. ^ Morris, 1999, p. 148.
2. ^ Segev, 2000, p. 386–387.

References

• Morris, Benny (1999). Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881–1999. John Murray. ISBN 0-7195-6222-8
• Segev, Tom (2000). One Palestine Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate. Abacus. ISBN 978-0-349-11286-2

• Haganah units
• 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine