Rekhesh (Hebrew: רֶכֶשׁ, lit.
Acquisitions) was the arms and munitions procurement branch of the Haganah Jewish defense force in Mandatory Palestine, in the middle 1940s, at a time when the British were not allowing the Jews to have arms.
[1] Rekhesh stole arms from British and Allied military bases, bought weapons on the black market and imported them from legitimate suppliers.
[2] The organization was expert at modifying, dismantling, and packing weapons so that they could be smuggled into Palestine without detection by the British authorities.
[2] Shaul Avigur was head of the organization and Ehud Avriel one of its main operatives.