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Haganah in Midnight Operation Lands 300 Visaless Jews on Tel Aviv Waterfront

December 5, 1947
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In a daring midnight landing operation, the Haganah last night disembarked 200 to 300 visaless Jews on the Tel Aviv shore and within 15 ## had whisked them to homes in the center of the city.

The second successful breakthrough of the British blockade in the last few ## the landing caught the authorities by surprise and was completed before po## or troops learned of the presence of the vessel. When the Haganah announcement of the landing was made this morning, the police and military authorities denied the ##.

The refugees arrived aboard the aptly named Blockade Breaker, a small vessel ## left Casablanca several days ago. They are mainly Eastern European nationals, ## a few from France. Immediately after the disembarkation, the ship turned about ## left for its port of origin.

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