Haganahn.
/hɑːɡɑːˈnɑː/ A group of Jewish settlers in Palestine who, as an underground defence force, played a leading part in the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
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1923 Daily Mail 29 Jan. 6 He knows more about the ‘Haganah’, the Zionist Self-Defence force, than the authorities in Palestine like.
1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. 96 Specially picked anti-terrorist Haganah squads.
1960 Guardian 26 Aug. 5/3 The Hagana was transformed from an underground guerilla force into a regular army.
1973 Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 12/4 The Haganah (Jewish self-defence) movement..ultimately became Israel's army.
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