Operation Yoav

When

15 Oct 1948 – 22 Oct 1948

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

30.50° N, 34.92° E

Description

1948 Israeli military action in the Negev

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1948 Israeli military action

Operation Yoav was an Israeli military operation carried out from 15–22 October 1948 in the Negev Desert, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Its goal was to drive a wedge between the Egyptian forces along the coast and the Beersheba–Hebron–Jerusalem road, and ultimately to conquer the whole Negev. Operation Yoav was headed by the Southern Front commander Yigal Allon.

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