 On 28 December 1948, Prime Minister Nokrashy Pasha was assassinated by a Brother disguised as a policeman.In January 1949, Egypt signed an armistice with Israel with the only gain being the Gaza Strip.In February 1949, the Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood, al-Banna, who called for Farouk's overthrow in response to the armistice with Israel, was shot by a Cairo policeman, and was taken to the hospital, where the police prevented him from receiving blood transfusions, causing his death later the same day.