Lavon Affair

Formally known as "Operation Susannah", the Lavon Affair was a failed Israeli covert operation. For the operation a group of Egyptian Jews were recruited to plant bombs in Egyptian, American, and British-owned civilian targets: cinemas, libraries, and schools. The attacks were made to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian communist organizations. The terrorist plot was foiled by the Egyptian authorities, and the agents assigned to execute the operation were arrested.