✦ History

Part of War of Attrition

Battle of Karameh

March 21, 1968 · Karameh

Result Both sides claim victory

Israeli forces raided the town of Karameh in Jordan to attack PLO bases. Jordanian and Palestinian forces resisted, and the battle raised Fatah's prestige.

On the map Contemporaries

Israel

Jordan

Israel
Jordan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Fatah
Levi Eshkol belligerent leader Moshe Dayan military commander Danny Matt military commander Shmuel Gonen military commander Raphael Eitan military commander Uzi Narkiss military commander
Yasser Arafat military commander Hussein I of Jordan military commander Khalil al-Wazir military commander Amer Khammash military commander Mashour Haditha Al-Jazy military commander Abu Ali Iyad military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 15,000
Casualties
201
Deaths
28–33
Wounded
69–161
Tanks
47
Tanks lost
20
Aircraft lost
1
Guns
67
Guns lost
1
Vehicles lost
2
Strength
16,168
Casualties
497
Tanks
60
Tanks lost
33
Guns
91

Jordan Deaths 40–84 · Wounded 108–250

Also involved 2