Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Maris na 1948, David Ben-Gurion ya umarci Ze'ev HaYam (a zahiri, Sea Wolf), ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane a cikin sojojin ruwa na farko na Isra'ila da na kasuwanci, don zuwa Italiya don neman jiragen ruwa da za a iya samarwa don aikin sojan ruwa. Yayin da Ze'ev HaYam ya sayi manyan jiragen ruwa guda biyu da jiragen ruwa guda biyu, ya so ya sayi jiragen ruwa na Decima Flottiglia MAS na MT da aka yi amfani da su a cikin Raid a Souda Bay
don kutsawa cikin kuma hallaka manyan jiragen ruwa. Ze'ev HaYam ya yi imanin cewa wadannan jiragen ruwa za su iya juyar da yanayin yakin. Tare da taimakon dangi da kuma yardar Ben-Gurion, ya sayi kwale-kwale shida da aka gyara da dala 3,000 kowanne daga wata ma'aikata da ke fama da rashin lafiya, kuma yayin da aka gaya wa masu ma'aikata abin da kwale-kwale suke yi, a waje an ɓoye su a matsayin kwale-kwale masu tsere.