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| The '''King David Hotel bombing''' (], ]) was a ] attack against the ] government of ] by members of ] — a militant ] organization. | |||
| The Irgun, dressed as ], exploded a bomb at the ] in ], which had been the base for the British Secretariat, the ] command and a branch of the Criminal Investigation Division (police). 91 people were killed, most of them staff of the secretariat and the hotel<ref>Silver, p70</ref>: 28 ], 41 ], 17 ]ish, and 5 other. Around 45 people were injured. | |||
| The attack was initially ordered by ], the head of the Irgun, who would later become ]i Prime Minister. The attack was commanded by ] and ]. | |||
| The attack on the hotel was the deadliest attack against the British in the history of the Mandate. Some claim this act should be considered in light of the escalating violence in the region and the conflict between the three main forces in the region: British, Jewish and Arab. In particular, the attack was made in retaliation for the British mass arrests (]) of ] 1946, when British troops raided the ] and confiscated large quantities of documents, such as information about Jewish Agency operations, including intelligence activities in Arab countries. At about the same time, more than 2,500 Jews from all over Palestine were placed under | |||