1948 Palestine war
November 30, 1947 – July 20, 1949 · Levant
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.
Israel
Arab League
Arab Higher Committee
Mandatory Palestine
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
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Strength and losses
Lebanon Strength 1,000
Saudi Arabia Strength 800–1,200
Arab Liberation Army Strength 3,500–6,000
Battles and events 3
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1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine November 30, 1947 – May 14, 1948 · Jewish National Council victory
- Battle of Mishmar HaEmek April 4–15, 1948 · Yishuv victory
- Operation Nachshon April 5–16, 1948
- Deir Yassin massacre April 9, 1948
- Battle of Haifa (1948) April 21–22, 1948 · ~15,000 Arab residents flee or are expelled
- Operation Yevusi April 22 – May 3, 1948 · Inconclusive: Ceasefire imposed by the British army
- Operation Hametz April 30, 1948 · British intervention temporarily halts offensive towards Jaffa
- 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight 1948
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1948 Arab–Israeli War May 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949
- Battles of Kfar Darom December 7, 1947 – July 9, 1948 · Evacuation following Egyptian siege
- Operation HaHar 1948 · Israeli victory
- Battle of Jenin (1948) 1948 · Iraqi 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
- 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
Related events
Also involved 25
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Yitzhak Rabin
- Yigal Allon
- Ariel Sharon
- Ezer Weizman
- Chaim Weizmann
- Chaim Herzog
- Shlomo Shamir
- Abdel Hakim Amer
- David Elazar
- Moshe Carmel
- Avraham Adan
- Lou Lenart
- Shimon Avidan
- Yeshayahu Gavish
- Danny Matt
- Moshe Mann
- Yona Efrat
- Mickey Marcus
- Mordechai Hod
- Mordechai Gur
- Albert Mandler
- Shmuel Gonen
- Raphael Eitan