Peulot Meyuhadot

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.^[1][2]

Peulot Meyuhadot (POM or Pu"m)
פעולות מיוחדות
Active	1939
Disbanded	1939
Country	British Mandate of Palestine
Branch	Special operations
Type	Secret squads
Role	Special operations, retaliatory strikes, sabotage, elimination of informers
Size	3 squads
Part of	Controlled directly by David Ben-Gurion
Engagements	1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
Commanders
Notable commanders	Yitzhak Sadeh

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.^[1]

Notable members of the squads were Yigal Allon and David Shaltiel.^[2]