What the records say
- When
- 9 Jul 1948 – 19 Jul 1948
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 32.05° N, 34.75° E
- Description
- Palmach military operation to conquer Lod, Ramle, Latrun and Ramallah in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Dani
Israeli military offensive
Operation Dani, also spelled Danny, was an Israeli military offensive launched on July 9–19, 1948 at the end of the first truce of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The objectives were to capture territory east of Tel Aviv and then to push inland and relieve the Jewish population and forces in Jerusalem. The main forces fighting against the IDF were the Arab Legion and Palestinian irregulars
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- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Operation Danny: Israel Defense Forces Soldiers capture the strategically important airport at Lydda”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “rupture de la trêve par les armées arabes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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