1948 Arab–Israeli War
May 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949
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.
Israel
Arab states
Other
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
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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
Strength and losses
Israel Killed 6,373
Jordan Strength 7,500–10,000 · Killed c. 1,000
Lebanon Strength 1,000 · Killed c. 500
Saudi Arabia Strength 800–1,200
Arab League Killed 3,700–7,000
Syria Killed c. 1,000
Iraq Killed c. 500
- Killed
- c. 8,000
Battles 23
Key events
- Battle of Jerusalem (1948) May 15 – July 18, 1948 · Inconclusive
- Battles of the Kinarot Valley May 15–21, 1948 · Israeli victory
- Battles of Latrun May 24 – July 18, 1948 · Jordanian victory
- Operation Pleshet May 29 – June 3, 1948 · Egyptian tactical victory
- Battle of Nitzanim June 10, 1948 · Egyptian victory
- Operation Dani July 9–19, 1948 · Capture of Ramle, Lydda and surrounding villages. Failure to capture Latrun
- Operation Death to the Invader July 16–18, 1948 · Israeli failure to accomplish objectives
- Operation Yoav October 15–22, 1948
- Operation Hiram October 29–31, 1948 · Israeli victory
- Operation Horev December 22, 1948 – January 7, 1949
- Battle of Rafah (1949) January 3–8, 1949 · 1949 Armistice Agreements
- Operation Uvda March 5–10, 1949 · Israeli victory
1947
- Battles of Kfar Darom December 7, 1947 – July 9, 1948 · Evacuation following Egyptian siege
1948
- Battle of Jenin (1948) 1948 · Iraqi victory
- Operation HaHar 1948 · Israeli victory
- Battle of Gesher May 14–22, 1948 · Israeli victory
- Battle of Jerusalem (1948) May 15 – July 18, 1948 · Inconclusive
- Battles of the Kinarot Valley May 15–21, 1948 · Israeli victory
- Battle of Nirim May 15, 1948 · Israeli victory
- Battle of Yad Mordechai May 19–24, 1948 · Six-month Egyptian control over the desolated commune and its surroundings
- Battles of Latrun May 24 – July 18, 1948 · Jordanian victory
- Operation Pleshet May 29 – June 3, 1948 · Egyptian tactical victory
- Battle of Nitzanim June 10, 1948 · Egyptian victory
- Operation Dani July 9–19, 1948 · Capture of Ramle, Lydda and surrounding villages. Failure to capture Latrun
- Battles of Negba July 12, 1948 · Israeli victory
- Operation Death to the Invader July 16–18, 1948 · Israeli failure to accomplish objectives
- Operation Shoter July 24–26, 1948 · * Most Little Triangle villagers fled or were expelled
- Operation Yoav October 15–22, 1948
- Battle of Beersheba (1948) October 21, 1948 · Israeli victory
- Operation Hiram October 29–31, 1948 · Israeli victory
- Operation Horev December 22, 1948 – January 7, 1949
- Battle of Hill 86 December 22–23, 1948 · Egyptian tactical victory
- Battle of 'Auja December 26–27, 1948
1949
- Battle of Rafah (1949) January 3–8, 1949 · 1949 Armistice Agreements
- Operation Uvda March 5–10, 1949 · Israeli victory
Before and after
- Ended by
- 1949 Armistice Agreements 1949
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- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Yasser Arafat
- Zakaria Mohieddin
- Kamal Hassan Ali
- Abdul Salam Arif
- Tahir Yahya
- Abd al-Karim Qasim
- Ariel Sharon
- Wasfi Tal
- Mohammad Daoud al-Abbasi
- Luai al-Atassi
- Adib Shishakli
- Husni al-Za'im
- Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj
- Amin al-Hafiz
- Salah Jadid
- Muhammad Umran
- Jassem Alwan
- Ahmad Ismail Ali
- Saad el-Shazly
- Abdul Munim Riad