(A Hebrew acronym for “Lohamei Herut Yisrael” or “Fighters for the Freedom of Israel”) Also known as the Stern Gang, after Lehi’s leader Avraham Stern. In 1940, this militant faction broke away from the Irgun, an underground Jewish paramilitary group. Lehi undertook paramilitary operations against both Palestinian Arab communities and the British throughout British mandate Palestine. The group was responsible for the assassination of the British Minister of State for the Colonies, Lord Moyn, as well as the UN Swedish mediator Folke Bernadotte. On April 9, 1948, members of Lehi and the Irgun attacked the Palestinian Arab village of Deir Yassin, where 100-250 Arabs were killed. The group was completely disbanded and became part of the Israeli army in September 1948. Yitzhak Shamir, later to become Prime Minister of Israel, was one of Lehi’s leaders. See Morris, Benny. Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001. New York: Vintage Books, 2001; Smith, Charles D. Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 5th ed. Boston: University of Arizona, 2004; and “Lohamei Herut Yisrael.” Jewish Virtual Library. 31 October 2011. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/lehi.html.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/lehi