What the records say
- When
- 30 Nov 1947 – 20 Jul 1949
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 34.00° N, 36.00° E
- Description
- first war of the Arab–Israeli conflict
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1948 Palestine war
First Israeli–Arab war
The 1948 Palestine war, known in Palestine as the Nakba and in Israel as the War of Independence, was fought in the territory of what had been, at the start of the war, British-ruled Mandatory Palestine. It began as a civil war between the Arab and Jewish communities following the United Nations Partition Plan and became an international conflict with the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, the t…
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The source
Includes 7 events
Nearby in time and place
- Al-Khisas raid18 Dec 1947 · Massacre · Deaths 10
- Hula massacre1 Nov 1948 · Massacre · Deaths 34
- massacre de Salha30 Oct 1948 · Massacre
- Siege of the Western Galilee30 Nov 1947 · Siege
- Battles of Malkia5 Jun 1948 · Battle
- Acre Prison break: Irgun forces break through the walls of the Acre prison and free 28 incarcerated Irgun and Lehi activists4 May 1947 · Event
- Safsaf massacre29 Oct 1948 · Genocide
- Sa'sa' MassacreFeb 1948 · Massacre