✦ History

Part of 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Operation Uvda

March 5–10, 1949 · Operation Uvda

Result Israeli victory

Israeli brigades raced south through the Negev to Umm al-Rashrash, later Eilat.

On the map Contemporaries

Israel

Arab states

Israel
Jordan
Yitzhak Rabin military commander Yigal Allon military commander Moshe Dayan military commander Avraham Adan military commander
Glubb Pasha military commander Habis al-Majali military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
2,500

Units

Golani Brigade