Operation Horev
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During the Israeli War of Independence in October 1948, Operation Horev was a wide scale attack against the Egyptian army in the Western Negev. The operation started on December 22, 1948 and ended on January 7, 1949, with the Israeli Defence Forces putting foot into the Sinai peninsula.
The name is that given in Scripture for Mount Sinai, now the modern range called the Jebel Musa ("Mount of Moses in Arabic) where the Jews encamped for a year (Exodus 3:1 and Psalms 106:19).
The goal of the operation was to liberate the entire Negev from Egyptian presence, destroy the Egyptian threat on Israel's southern communities and force the Egptyian into a cease-fire after all the Negev is liberated.
The operation was a huge success, and Israeli deep raids into the Nitzana and Sinai peninsula forced the Egyptian army to withdraw and accept cease-fire. Israeli withdrew from Sinai and Gaza under international pressure.