Operation Ben-Ami

[1] After the fall of Jaffa and Haifa the only remaining Arab towns with access to the Mediterranean Sea were Gaza and Acre.

British, Arab, and Red Cross documents reveal that Haganah forces introduced poison into wells in Acre, leading to severe illness among dozens of local residents.

The contamination of these wells triggered a typhoid epidemic and "a state of extreme distress" among the inhabitants, as noted by the mayor of Acre on 3 May.

[2] The operation was carried out by the Carmeli Brigade, commanded by Moshe Carmel landed by Shayetet 11.

[10] The Carmeli Brigade was involved in one further operation in the area on 11 June when they captured the village of al-Birwa.