Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Poutu-te-rangi 1948, i whakahau a David Ben-Gurion ki a Ze'ev HaYam (i te reo Māori, Sea Wolf), tētahi o ngā tino tangata i roto i te ope moana o mua o Iharaira, ki te haere ki Itari ki te kimi kaipuke e taea te whiwhi mō te mahi moana. I te wā i whiwhi ai a Ze'ev HaYam i ngā kaipuke motokā nui e rua me ngā waka rerenga e rua, i hiahia ia ki te hoko i ngā kaipuke motokā pūkaha MT o Decima Flottiglia MAS i whakamahia i te
Ka whakaekehia a Souda Bay ki te patu me te whakangaro i nga kaipuke nui ake. I whakapono a Ze'ev HaYam ka taea e enei poti te huri i te rere o te pakanga. Na te awhina o tetahi whanaunga me te whakaaetanga a Ben-Gurion, i hokona e ia e ono nga poti whakahoutia mo te $ 3,000 ia mai i tetahi wheketere e mate ana, a i te wa i korerotia ai ki nga rangatira o te wheketere he aha nga poti, i waho i whakarerea hei poti whakataetae.