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and essential services such as hospitals and utilities were continued under military guard. The process was for all occupants to be assembled in open areas and to have IDs checked. The house would then be searched and all except the elderly, infirm and children screened; suspects and persons of interest were then taken to government buildings for screening by CID officers. Overall, between 500–787 people were arrested in connection with insurgent activities.
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was arrested after 300 rifles and 400,000 bullets were discovered in the kibbutz. While the operation was seen as a success by the
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