Key Details:

• Perpetrators: The Irgun, led by Menachem Begin.
• Target: The southern wing of the hotel, which housed the central offices of the British Mandatory Palestine administration, including the Secretariat and the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.
• Motive: The attack was conducted in response to "Operation Agatha" (also known as "Black Saturday"), a series of British raids in which incriminating documents related to the Jewish insurgency against the British were seized and taken to the hotel. The Irgun's main goal was to destroy these documents and strike a blow against British rule.
• Casualties: The explosion killed 91 people—Arabs, Britons, and Jews—and injured 46.
• Context: The bombing occurred during the Jewish insurgency against the British Mandate in Palestine (1920–1948). The Irgun claimed to have delivered telephoned warnings to evacuate the hotel before the blast, though there is dispute over whether the warnings were received or taken seriously by the British authorities.