 The original plan was to carry the concealed grenades with them as they were taken to the gallows then use them to carry out a suicide attack, but allegedly after they learned that Rabbi Goldman would be present at the time of the execution, the plan was dropped.Instead, Barazani and Feinstein blew themselves up in their jail cell shortly before the execution.The Irgun adopted a policy of hostage-taking in response to British death sentences passed down on its members.