List of Israeli military operations in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
Name |
Date |
Area |
Objective |
Operation Nachshon |
April 6 - 12, 1948 |
Jerusalem - Tel Aviv road |
Clearance of Arab forces blocking the road |
Operation Jephtha |
April 13, 1948 |
Eastern Galilee |
Clear the eastern Galilee of Arabs |
Operation Harel |
April 15, 1948 |
? |
? |
Operation Misparayim |
April 21, 1948 |
Haifa |
Capture and depopulate the Arab quarters of Haifa |
Operation Chametz |
April 27 - May 13, 1948 |
Tel-Aviv-Jaffa area |
Surrounding and isolating Jaffa |
Operation Jevuss |
April 27, 1948 |
Jerusalem |
Capture Jewish buildings and neighbourhoods in Jerusalem |
Operation Yiftach (or Yiftah, Yifat) |
April 30 - May 10, 1948 |
Eastern Galilee |
Capture Safad (Safed) |
Operation Mateh |
May 3, 1948 |
? |
? |
Operation Balak |
May 5, 1948 |
Europe |
Airlift of arms from Czechoslovakia |
Operation Maccabi (or Makkabi, Maccabee) |
May 7, 1948 |
? |
? |
Operation Gideon |
May 11, 1948 |
? |
? |
Operation Barak |
May 12, 1948 |
? |
? |
Operation Ben-Ami |
May 14, 1948 |
Galilee |
Capture Acre |
Operation Kilshon (or Kalshon, aka. Operation Pitchfork) |
May 14, 1948 |
Jerusalem |
Capture buildings belonging to Jews and to create territorial continuity between Jewish communities in Jerusalem |
Operation Schfifon |
May 14, 1948 |
Jerusalem |
Capture Old City of Jerusalem |
Operation Ben Num |
May 15, 1948 |
Latrun |
Capture Latrun |
Operation Ben Num B |
May 30, 1948 |
Latrun |
Capture Latrun |
Operation Yoram |
June 8-9, 1948 |
Latrun |
Capture Latrun |
Operation Dekel |
July 9 - 18, 1948 |
Lower Galilee |
Capture Nazareth and lower Galilee |
Operation Dani |
July 9 - 18, 1948 |
Central Palestine |
Relieve Jerusalem and remove the Arab threat to Tel Aviv |
Operation Kedem |
July 16 - 17, 1948 |
Jerusalem |
Capture East Jerusalem |
Operation Hiram |
October 24 - 29, 1948 |
Upper Galilee |
? |
Operation Yoav |
October 15 - 22, 1948 |
Negev-Gaza area |
Removing the Egyptian siege on Jewish settlements |
Operation Horev |
October, 1948 |
Negev |
Attack by the Golani Brigade |
Operation Assaf |
? |
Negev |
? |
Operation Ovdah (or Ovda, Uvda) |
March 1949 |
Negev |
Airlift of supplies to Arava desert for troops going to Eilat |
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