{
  "id": 2987895,
  "title": "Altalena shipwreck found intact underwater 78 years after IDF sank Irgun vessel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/altalena-shipwreck-found-intact-underwater-78-years-after-idf-sank",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T08:25:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/history/2026-08-24/ty-article/.premium/altalena-shipwreck-found-intact-underwater-78-years-after-idf-sank-irgun-vessel/000001a0-32c2-df45-a1a5-b7efcf090000"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The vessel was found 500 meters underwater, over seven decades after it was was brought to Israel's coast by the Irgun militia loaded with weapons and fighters. Ben-Gurion saw it as a threat to the state's sovereignty and ordered it to be fired upon",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "After 78 years: Altalena ship found intact on seafloor decades after being sunk by IDF",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/after-78-years-altalena-ship-found-intact-on-seafloor-decades-after",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:12:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "78 years after IDF sank right-wing militia Irgun's Altalena, wreck found intact underwater",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/78-years-after-idf-sank-right-wing-militia-irguns-altalena-wreck",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:25:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "After 78 years beneath the sea: Altalena found intact",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/after-78-years-beneath-the-sea-altalena-found-intact",
        "published": "2026-08-24T09:58:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}