Acre Prison break

Acre Prison break
Acre Prison break
Part of Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
	Acre Prison
Location	Mandatory Palestine
Planned by	Irgun
Commanded by	Dov Cohen
Target	Acre Prison
Date	4 May 1947
Executed by	Irgun
Outcome	27 Irgun and Lehi members escaped, 214 Arab prisoners escaped
Casualties	9 Irgun members killed, 5 Irgun members captured killed

The Acre Prison break was an operation undertaken by the Irgun on May 4, 1947, in the British Mandate of Palestine, in which its men broke through the walls of the Central Prison in Acre and freed 27 incarcerated Irgun and Lehi members.