Israel’s Ministry of Heritage has invested a million shekels (~$296,000) to locate the remains of the Altalena , the Irgun cargo ship that the newly created IDF shelled in a violent confrontation off the Tel Aviv beach in June 1948, public broadcaster Kan ’s Reshet Bet radio station reported on Monday.

About a year after the battle, the Altalena , which had run aground at the foot of David Frischmann Street, was refloated, towed 15 miles out to sea, and sunk.

The ministry hired the services of the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute (IOLR), through the Survey of Israel (a government department responsible for mapping Israel), to locate the remains of the ship, the report added.

Israel’s national research vessel, the Bat Galim , will be deployed with advan

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