The Irgun committed the attack in response to Operation Agatha, known in Israel as "Black Saturday".
British troops had searched the Jewish Agency on June 29 and confiscated large quantities of documents directly implicating the Haganah in the Jewish insurgency against Britain.
The intelligence information was taken to the King David Hotel, where it was initially kept in the offices of the Secretariat in the southern wing.
In order to destroy the incriminating documentation, the Irgun therefore determined to destroy that wing of the hotel.
The Irgun committed the attack in response to Operation Agatha, known in Israel as "Black Saturday". British troops had searched the Jewish Agency on June 29 and confiscated large quantities of documents directly implicating the Haganah in the Jewish insurgency against Britain. The intelligence information was taken to the King David Hotel, where it was initially kept in the offices of the Secretariat in the southern wing. In order to destroy the incriminating documentation, the Irgun therefore determined to destroy that wing of the hotel.
King David Hotel bombing