1947-1949

known to Israelis as the War of

Independence
The 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.
three-quarters of Mandate Palestine
became Israel
Israel lost 6,373 of its people

The exact number of Arab losses is
unknown, but is estimated at between
8,000 and 15,000
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria,
backed by Saudi Arabian
and Yemenite contingents invaded territory
in the former British Mandate of Palestine
on the night of 1415 May 1948
The Battle of Haifa was an operation
carried out on 2122 April 1948. The
objective of the operation was the capture
of the Arab neighborhoods of Haifa.
The Battles of Latrun were a series of
military engagements between the Israel
Defense Forces and the Jordanian Arab
Legion on the outskirts of Latrun between
25 May and 18 July 1948.