 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutanga muna 1939, nhamburiko yokufambira kunze kwenyika yakavanzika inonzi Aliya Bet yakatungamirirwa nesangano rinonzi Mossad LeAliyah Bet. Makumi ezviuru zvavaJudha vokuEurope vakatiza vaNazi vari muzvikepe nezvikepe zviduku vakananga kuPalestine. Hondo yeRoyal Navy yakabata ngarava zhinji; dzimwe dzakanga dzisina kukodzera kufamba mugungwa uye dzakaparadzwa; bhomba reHaganah rakanyudza ngarava yacho, richiuraya vanhu 267; dzimwe ngarava mbiri dzakanyudzwa nezvikepe zveSoviet zvapasi pegungwa:muGungwa Dema nechikepe cheSoviet muna February 1942 nokurasikirwa noupenyu hunodokusvika 800. Ngarava dzokupedzisira dzevapoteri kuedza kusvika muPalestine mukati mehondo dzaiva Bulbul, uye Morina muna August 1944. Chikepe chepasi pegungwa cheSoviet chakanyudza chikepe chine motokari chinonzi Mefküre nechipfuramabwe uye kupfura kwezvombo uye vapukunyuki vakapfurwa nemapfuti mumvura, vachiuraya vapoteri vari pakati pe300 ne400. Kupinda munyika zvisiri pamutemo kwakatangazve pashure peHondo Yenyika II. 