Interstate war

1948 Arab-Israeli War

15 May 1948 – 10 Mar 1949 · 31.78° N, 35.22° E

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When
15 May 1948 – 10 Mar 1949
Kind
Interstate war
Deaths
15,000
Coordinates
31.78° N, 35.22° E
Type
Interstate war
Region
Middle East
Cities
Jerusalem, Jaffa
Side a
Israel
Side b
Arab League states
Alliances
Israel, Arab League states

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1948 Arab–Israeli War

Second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war

The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civil war became a war of separate states with the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight, and the entry of a military coalition of Arab states into the territory of Mandator…

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