Arms Acquisitions
Following is a list of operations undertaken by the Yishuv and later Israel to acquire munitions abroad.
| Name | Etymology / English translation |
Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Balak | Named for Balak | March 31 – August 12, 1948 | Aerial transport of arms acquisitions from Czechoslovakia |
| Altalena Affair | — | June 22, 1948 | Irgun arms acquisition which led to Haganah's Operation Tihur (lit. Purifying) and the destruction of the Altalena ship |
| Operation Velvetta | September 24–27, 1948 | Transport of Supermarine Spitfires acquired by Israel through Czechoslovakia |
Read more about this topic: List Of Battles And Operations In The 1948 Palestine War
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