Palmach
/palˈmax/ /ˈpalmax/ /ˈpalmak/(also Palmah, Palmakh) Now historical
noun
A commando force of the Haganah, created in 1941 and incorporated into the Israeli national army in 1948.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The Times. From modern Hebrew palmaḥ, short for pĕluggōṯ maḥaṣ shock troops.