✦ History

1948 Arab–Israeli War

May 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949

Ended by 1949 Armistice Agreements

Second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war, from 15 May 1948 to 10 March 1949, beginning the morning after the Israeli Declaration of Independence and the end of the British Mandate with the entry of a coalition of Arab states into Mandatory Palestine. The war formally ended with the 1949 Armistice Agreements, which established the Green Line.

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Battles 23

December 7, 1947 – July 9, 1948
Battles of Kfar Darom Evacuation following Egyptian siege Kfar Darom
1948
Battle of Jenin (1948) Iraqi victory
1948
Operation HaHar Israeli victory Glubb Pasha, Farouk of Egypt
May 14–22, 1948
Battle of Gesher Israeli victory Baqoura
May 15 – July 18, 1948
Battle of Jerusalem (1948) Inconclusive Jerusalem Moshe Dayan, Glubb Pasha, David Shaltiel
May 15–21, 1948
Battles of the Kinarot Valley Israeli victory Battles of the Kinarot Valley Moshe Dayan, Moshe Mann
May 15, 1948
Battle of Nirim Israeli victory Nirim
May 19–24, 1948
Battle of Yad Mordechai Six-month Egyptian control over the desolated commune and its surroundings Yad Mordechai Ahmed Ali al-Mwawi
May 24 – July 18, 1948
Battles of Latrun Jordanian victory Latrun Glubb Pasha, Shlomo Shamir, Mickey Marcus
May 29 – June 3, 1948
Operation Pleshet Egyptian tactical victory Operation Pleshet Mohamed Naguib, Lou Lenart, Shimon Avidan
June 10, 1948
Battle of Nitzanim Egyptian victory Nitzanim Mohamed Naguib, Shimon Avidan, Ahmed Ali al-Mwawi
July 9–19, 1948
Operation Dani Capture of Ramle, Lydda and surrounding villages. Failure to capture Latrun Jaffa Yitzhak Rabin, Yigal Allon, Glubb Pasha
July 12, 1948
Battles of Negba Israeli victory Negba Shimon Avidan
July 16–18, 1948
Operation Death to the Invader Israeli failure to accomplish objectives Moshe Dayan, Shimon Avidan, Ahmed Ali al-Mwawi
July 24–26, 1948
Operation Shoter * Most Little Triangle villagers fled or were expelled Israel
October 15–22, 1948
Operation Yoav Beersheba Yigal Allon
October 21, 1948
Battle of Beersheba (1948) Israeli victory Beersheba
October 29–31, 1948
Operation Hiram Israeli victory Operation Hiram Fawzi al-Qawuqji, Moshe Carmel
December 22, 1948 – January 7, 1949
Operation Horev Operation Horev Yigal Allon
December 22–23, 1948
Battle of Hill 86 Egyptian tactical victory David Ben-Gurion, Mohamed Naguib
December 26–27, 1948
Battle of 'Auja
January 3–8, 1949
Battle of Rafah (1949) 1949 Armistice Agreements Rafah David Ben-Gurion, Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha, Yigal Allon
March 5–10, 1949
Operation Uvda Israeli victory Operation Uvda Yitzhak Rabin, Yigal Allon, Moshe Dayan

Key commanders

Israel 17

David Ben-Gurion Israel's prime minister and defense minister during the war Yitzhak Rabin belligerent leader Yigal Allon belligerent leader Moshe Dayan Commander of the Jerusalem front Mickey Marcus military commander David Shaltiel military commander Israel Galili military commander Yigael Yadin military commander Jacob Dori military commander Shlomo Shamir Dov Joseph military commander Moshe Mann military commander Lou Lenart military commander Shimon Avidan military commander Moshe Carmel military commander Avraham Adan military commander David Elazar military commander

Arab states 13

Mohamed Naguib belligerent leader Muzahim Pachachi belligerent leader Abdullah I of Jordan King of Transjordan; the Arab Legion fought in the war under his sovereignty Shukri al-Quwatli belligerent leader Glubb Pasha Commander of Transjordan's Arab Legion Fawzi al-Qawuqji Field commander of the Arab Liberation Army Farouk of Egypt belligerent leader Mohammed Amin al-Husseini belligerent leader Habis al-Majali military commander Ahmed Ali al-Mwawi military commander Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam military commander Abdullah Al-Tell military commander Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni military commander

Kingdom of Egypt 4

Mohamed Naguib military commander Ahmed Ali al-Mwawi military commander Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha belligerent leader Farouk of Egypt belligerent leader