What the records say
- When
- 15 May 1948
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 31.24° N, 34.34° E
- Description
- battle of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Battle of Nirim
Battle of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
The Battle of Nirim was a military engagement between the Egyptian army and the Jewish Haganah militia on May 15, 1948, the first day of the Egyptian invasion of Israel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was fought in kibbutz Nirim, founded just two years earlier as part of the strategic settlement push known as the "11 points in the Negev".
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