The Arab-Israeli War

The Arab-Israeli WarThe Arab-Israeli War1947-1949known toIsraelisas theWar of IndependenceCauseThe cause for the Arab-Israeli war lies in the claim of two national movements (Arabs and Jews) on the same land, and particularly the Arab refusal to accept Jews in a part of that land.

Consequencesthree-quarters ofMandate Palestine became IsraelIsrael lost 6,373 of its peopleThe exact number of Arab losses is unknown, but is estimated at between 8,000and 15,000

Involved CountriesEgypt, Iraq,Jordan, Lebanon andSyria, backed bySaudi Arabian andYemenitecontingents invadedterritory in the former British Mandate of Palestine on the night of 1415 May 1948

Most important battlesTheBattle of Haifa was anoperation carried out on 2122 April 1948. The objective of the operation was the capture of the Arab neighborhoods ofHaifa.TheBattles of Latrunwere a series of military engagements between theIsrael Defense Forcesand theJordanianArab Legionon the outskirts ofLatrunbetween 25 May and 18 July 1948.