The railway bridge at Rosh HaNikra was spared by the Haganah during the 1946 Night of the Bridges operation but, following a late-1947 British announcement that it would withdraw from Palestine months ahead of schedule, the bridge was destroyed by the 21st Battalion under the Palmach in late February 1948 to hinder Lebanese arms shipments to Arab forces opposing the UN Partition Plan.
The railway bridge at Rosh HaNikra was spared by the Haganah during the 1946 Night of the Bridges operation, but after a British announcement in late 1947 that they would leave Palestine earlier than planned, the bridge was demolished by the 21st Battalion under the Palmach in February 1948 to impede Lebanese arms shipments to Arab forces opposing the UN Partition Plan.