The Irgun brought the ship, loaded with weapons, to Israel's shores. In the days after the dismantling of the underground militias, Ben-Gurion viewed the Altalena as a threat to the state's sovereignty and ordered it to be fired upon. Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers and 16 Irgun activists were killed

IDF says it had no part in search for Irgun ship sunk by army; 16 Irgun members, 3 IDF troops died in incident that became right-wing symbol; chances of lifting still-intact…

Netanyahu uses incident to illustrate dangers of civil war; Ben Gvir likens himself to Irgun leader Begin at separate press event