Rekhesh

Rekhesh (Hebrew: רֶכֶשׁ, lit. Acquisitions) was the arms and munitions procurement branch of the Haganah Jewish defense force in Mandatory Palestine, in the middle 1940s, at a time when the British were not allowing the Jews to have arms. ^[1]

Rekhesh stole arms from British and Allied military bases, bought weapons on the black market and imported them from legitimate suppliers.^[2]

The organization was expert at modifying, dismantling, and packing weapons so that they could be smuggled into Palestine without detection by the British authorities.^[2]

Shaul Avigur was head of the organization and Ehud Avriel one of its main operatives.^[3]