The Stern Gang—formally known as Lehi (Lohamei Herut Israel, or Fighters for the Freedom of Israel)—was a Zionist paramilitary and terrorist organization active in Mandatory Palestine from 1940 to 1948. Their campaign targeted British Mandate authorities, Arab civilians and forces, and international diplomats.Major attacks and operations carried out or co-orchestrated by the Stern Gang include:• May 1, 1942: Improvised explosive device attack targeting British Criminal Investigation Department (CID) head Geoffrey J. Morton in Tel Aviv.• January 28, 1944: Bombing attempt at St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem.• August 8, 1944: Assassination attempt on British High Commissioner Sir Harold MacMichael.• November 6, 1944 (Cairo, Egypt): Assassination of Lord Moyne, • October–November 1946: A series of railway, station, and infrastructure bombings, alongside a November 1946 bombing campaign in cooperation with or parallel to other militant groups.• January 12, 1947 (Haifa): A truck bomb attack on the Haifa police station, causin• June 1947: Letter-bomb campaign targeting British officials in London.• September 1947: A foiled plot to drop aerial bombs on London from a rented aircraft.• February–March 1948: Cairo-Haifa train bombings targeting transport infrastructure.• April 9, 1948: Participation alongside the Irgun in the Deir Yassin massacre, in which over 100 Palestinian villagers were killed.• September 17, 1948 (Jerusalem): Assassination of UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte and French Colonel André Sérot, shot and killed by Lehi operatives led by Yehoshua Cohen under the approval of the group's leadership (including Yitzhak Shamir)
