Platoon of the Wall
Jewish paramilitary unit in Mandatory Palestine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Platoon of the Wall (Plugat Hakotel, Hebrew: פלוגת הכותל) was a group made up of Betar members in Mandatory Palestine that defended the rights of Jews at the Western Wall in the years 1937-1938, and guarded the Old City using concealed stores of arms and clubs and accompanied Jewish worshipers to and from the Western Wall.[1][2] Members were also responsible for the blowing of the shofar at the Western Wall, which was deemed illegal by the British authorities.
On the evening of October 29, 1937, as a result of Arabs shooting at such a group, one Jew was killed and three wounded.[3][4]