(1917-07-15)July 15, 1917 Kfar Saba, Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem
Died
May 20, 2009(2009-05-20) (aged 91) Israel
Allegiance
Haganah (1931–1933)
Irgun (1933–1940)
Lehi (1940–1948)
Years of service
1931–1948
Yehoshua Zettler (July 15, 1917 – May 20, 2009; last name also spelled as Zeitler) was an Israeli who served as the Jerusalem commander of the Jewish paramilitary group Lehi, often called the Stern Gang. He conceived and planned the September 17, 1948, assassination of Swedish Count Folke Bernadotte, who was representing the United Nations Security Council as a mediator in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
YehoshuaZettler (July 15, 1917 – May 20, 2009; last name also spelled as Zeitler) was an Israeli who served as the Jerusalem commander of the Jewish paramilitary...
still unclear, but in 1988 two of his co-conspirators in the attack, YehoshuaZettler and Meshulam Markover, publicly confessed to their role in the attacks...
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