[1] The attack followed a period of relative calm for several months, during which Zionist violence was almost exclusively directed at the British presence rather than Palestinians, raising fears of retaliation against the Yishuv.
[3] On 11 November 1947, in the final stages of the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, British intelligence were made aware that the Lehi was holding a firearms course for young members in Ra'anana, and surrounded the building.
This is in contrast to the account given by the British police, which maintained that the victims were shot because they were armed and the officers under "immediate danger."
Police files that were released to the public later in 2021 indicated that the order to raid the house had been approved directly from the British government in London.
While the police records do state that the British were under danger, it does not mention at what moment the officers started shooting.