Editing Nili (section)

== Demise ==
Attempting to reach Egypt on foot, Avshalom Feinberg was killed and [[Yosef Lishansky]] was wounded but managed to reach British lines.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

From February to September 1917, the steam yacht ''Managem'' regularly sailed to the Palestinian coast near [[Atlit (modern town)|Atlit]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=West |first1=Nigel |author-link=Rupert Allason |title=Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence |date=2014|publisher=The Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=9780810878976|page=628|edition=Second}}</ref> Lishansky swam ashore to collect Nili information and to pass money sent by American Jews to the starving [[Yishuv]]. However, the presence of [[Germany|German]] [[submarines]] made the trips too risky and the group switched to [[homing pigeon]]s.

In the fall of 1917, the Bosnian [[mudir]] of [[Caesarea Maritima|Qisarya]], [[Ahmad Bek Kat-huda Ćehajić]], exposed Nili when he intercepted one of its carrier pigeons.<ref name=":0" /> The Ottomans were able to [[decipher]] the Nili [[code (cryptography)|code]] (based on [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]], [[French language|French]], and [[English language|English]]) within one week. As a result, the Ottomans were able to unravel the spy network, whereupon the leadership of the Yishuv and the [[Hashomer]] disassociated itself from Nili. One Nili member, [[Na'aman Belkind]], was captured by the Ottomans and reportedly revealed information about the group.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

In October 1917, the Ottomans surrounded Zikhron Ya'akov and arrested numerous people, including Sarah Aaronsohn, who committed suicide after four days of torture. Other prisoners were incarcerated in [[Damascus]]. Lishansky and Belkind were hanged.