The Second Attack on the Radar Station
On the night of the 21st to the 22nd of February, 1946, a force of twenty five warriors from the 1st Brigade, headed by Yosef Rivkind (Yariv), raided the radar station on Mt. Carmel for the second time.
On the night of the 21st to the 22nd of February, 1946, a force of twenty five warriors from the 1st Battalion, headed by Yosef Rivkind (Yariv), raided the radar station on Mt. Carmel for the second time. The conditions of the operation were harder than the previous time. Generally speaking – the surprise element was gone. The British knew that the facility was a target of interest for the Resistance Movement, and in the month between the two attacks, they increased the watch over the radar facility as well as building a high cement wall around it.
The deciding factors for going on the mission were the wish to render the radar unusable for some time (since the British continued to capture Haapala ships); the desire to powerfully express the 'tied battle' for freedom of immigration to Israel, and the honor and prestige considerations of a military unit that perfectly executed the mission once before, but failed to achieve its goal.
The deciding factors for going on the mission were the wish to render the radar unusable for some time (since the British continued to capture Haapala ships); the desire to powerfully express the 'tied battle' for freedom of immigration to Israel, and the honor and prestige considerations of a military unit that perfectly executed the mission once before, but failed to achieve its goal.