What the records say
- When
- 21 Apr 1948 – 22 Apr 1948
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 32.82° N, 34.98° E
- Description
- 1948 battle of the Arab-Israeli War
Battle of Haifa (1948)
Battle of the Arab-Israeli War
The Battle of Haifa, also known as the Fall of Haifa, and called by the Jewish forces Operation Bi'ur Hametz, was a Haganah operation carried out on 21–22 April 1948 and a major event in the final stages of the civil war in Palestine, leading up to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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