Two weeks later , on 29 June 1946 , partly in response to the bridge bombings , the British launched Operation Agatha , whose main goal was to suppress the state of anarchy in Palestine by capturing the most militant Zionists . During that surprise action , more than 2,700 Jews were arrested , including the senior leadership of the Haganah . The British obtained documentary evidence of Jewish Agency involvement in paramilitary acts and collusion between the Haganah and the more violent groups , Irgun and Lehi . Operation Agatha led to the formation of the Jewish Resistance Movement , one of whose acts was the King David Hotel bombing on 22 July 1946 , an attack on the British administration headquarters for Palestine , where it was thought that incriminating documentation seized during Operation Agatha was being held
King David Hotel bombing
King David Hotel bombing
Night of the Bridges