1948 Palestine war
November 30, 1947 – July 20, 1949
Israel fought Palestinian Arab forces and then the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. Israel won and expanded its territory, and about 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled.
Battles and events 3
November 30, 1947 – May 14, 1948
1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
Jewish National Council victory
Mandatory Palestine
David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin, Yigal Allon
May 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949
Key commanders
Israel 10
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
Menachem Begin
belligerent leader
Arab states 11
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
Arab League 9
Mohamed Naguib
belligerent leader
Abdullah I of Jordan
belligerent leader
Glubb Pasha
belligerent leader
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
belligerent leader
Farouk of Egypt
belligerent leader
Mohammed Amin al-Husseini
belligerent leader
Habis al-Majali
belligerent leader
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni
belligerent leader
Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam
military commander
