Al-Bassa is a village that was attacked by Haganah troops in May 1948.
 By AprilMay, the Haganah was conducting brigade size offensive
 In 1931, the more militant elements of the Haganah splintered off and formed the Irgun Tsva'i-Leumi (National Military Organization), better known as "Irgun" (or by its Hebrew acronym, pronounced "Etzel")

