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Following is a list of battles and operations in the 1948 Palestine war.

Operations in the 1947–1948 inter-communal war in Palestine

Arms acquisitions

Following is a list of operations undertaken by the Yishuv and later Israel to acquire munitions abroad.

First stage

Following is a list of operations between May 15, 1948—the Arab invasion of Palestine—and June 11, 1948—the first truce of the war.

Battles of the Ten Days and second truce

Following is a list of battles and operations between the first and second truces of the war—July 8, 1948—July 18, 1948. This period was named "Battles of the Ten Days" in Israel. Also listed are Israeli operations during the second truce.

Final stage

Following is a list of battles and operations from the second truce of the war up to the 1949 Armistice Agreements.

See also

• 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
• 1948 Arab–Israeli War
• Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War
• Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel

Notes

1. Walid Khalidi (1992). All that remains: the Palestinian villages occupied and depopulated by Israel in 1948. Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 398. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
2. Bennî Môrîs (1987). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem: 1947-1949. Cambridge  ; New York : Cambridge University Press. p. 113. ISBN 0-521-33028-9.
3. Morris, page 100. 'All That Remains' lists 8 villages/towns captured. e.g., al-'Abbasiyya (pop 5,650 including 150 Jews), Bayt Dajan (pop 3,840), Kafr 'Ana (pop. 3,020 inc 220 Jews), Salama (pop. 6,730), Yazur (pop. 4,030) etc.
4. Morris, page 113. 'aimed ... at wresting from Arab control further areas in and around Jerusalem'
5. Morris, page 102. 'The conquest of Arab Safad, the areas main town, was the linchpin of the campaign.'
6. Morris, page 121. 'a sub-operation designed to clear out the Arab population from the Jordan Valley area south of Rosh Pinna between the north-south road and the Jordan River.'
7. Morris, page 113. All That Remains. Page 276. Bayt Mahsir (pop. 2,400), 'the newly formed Har'el Brigade of the Palmach. The History of the Haganah states that "this village was not occupied easily; but was attacked by Palmach troops for three nights, and it was not occupied until the morning of 11 May."
8. 'All That Remains' list 11 villages captured by the Golani Brigade during this operation.
9. Morris, pages 126–127. 'The objective of the operation was: "To deny the enemy a base... creating general panic and breaking his morale... It can be assumed that delivering a blow to one or more of these centers of the inhabitants of the smaller settlements of the area. This outcome is possible especially in view of the wave of panic that recently swept over the country."' 'Mortaring almost invariably preceded each ground assault.'
10. 'All That Remains' lists 20 towns and villages e.g. pages 83/82. Al-Batani al-Gharbi (pop. 980) 'By the end of May the two brigades had succeeded in occupying over thirty villages and "clearing" the area of tens of thousands of people.'. It mentions the Givati Brigade, the Negev Brigade and one attack involving the IZL. Commander of Operation: Shimon Avidan.
11. All That Remains. Page 335. 'a number of villages in the vicinity of Jinin'.
12. Morris, page 213. Alexandroni, Carmeli, Golani Brigades.
13. The "little triangle" refers to the villages Jaba', Ijzim, and 'Ayn Ghazal.
14. Daṿid Ṭal (2004). War in Palestine, 1948: Strategy and Diplomacy. Routledge. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-7146-5275-7.

Bibliography

• Tal, David (2004). War in Palestine, 1948: strategy and diplomacy (Illustrated ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-5275-7.

• 1948 Palestine war
• Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
• Israeli military-related lists