Final Stage
Following is a list of battles and operations from the second truce of the war up to the 1949 Armistice Agreements.
| Name | Etymology / English translation |
Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern front | |||
| Battle of Sheikh 'Abd | — | October 22–23 | Battles in and around the Israel–Lebanon border position of Sheikh 'Abd end in a ceasefire |
| Operation Hiram | October 24–29, 1948 | Israeli expulsion of Fawzi al-Qawuqji's Arab Liberation Army and capture of the Galilee | |
| Jerusalem front | |||
| Operation HaHar | lit. The Mountain | October 19–22, 1948 | Israeli operation to extend the Jerusalem Corridor to the south |
| Operation Yekev | lit. Winery | October 19–21, 1948 | Successful Israeli capture of certain positions around Jerusalem, failure to take the outskirts of Beit Jala |
| Southern front | |||
| Operation Yoav (October 15–22, 1948) Named after KIA commander Yitzhak "Yoav" Dubno Successful lifting of the Egyptian siege on Jewish settlements in Negev |
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| Battle of the Beit Hanoun wedge | — | October 15–22, 1948 | Israeli capture of Beit Hanoun in order to create a wedge between Egyptian forces to the north–northeast and south |
| Battles of the Separation Corridor | — | October 15–22, 1948 | Successful lifting of the Egyptian siege on Jewish settlements in Negev |
| Operation Moshe | Named after Moshe Albert, KIA in Beit Eshel | October 21, 1948 | Israeli capture of Beersheba |
| Operation Egrof | lit. Fist | October 15–16, 1948 | Israeli aerial bombardment of Egyptian bases in Operation Yoav |
| Naval campaign in Operation Yoav | — | October 16–22, 1948 | Naval engagements between Israel and Egypt, including sinking of the Egyptian flagship Emir Farouk |
| Northern Negev campaign after Operation Yoav | — | October 27 – November 9, 1948 | Israeli capture of Bayt Jibrin, Isdud and Majdal, and other important points, culminating in Operation Shmone |
| Operation Shmone | lit. Eight | November 9, 1948 | Israeli capture of the Iraq Suwaydan police fort |
| Operation Lot | Named for the Biblical character Lot | November 23–25, 1948 | Israeli link-up with the enclave at Sodom |
| Operation David | November 29–30, 1948 | Sinking of the Lebanese navy ship Igris, formerly German auxiliary ship Grille, Adolf Hitler's private yacht | |
| Operation Assaf | December 5–7, 1948 | Israeli attack against Egyptian thrust into the Negev on the Gaza–Beersheba road | |
| Operation Horev (December 22, 1948 – January 7, 1949) Removal by Israel of Egyptian presence in the Negev (except the Gaza Strip), and operations in the Sinai peninsula |
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| Battle of Hill 86 | — | December 22–23, 1948 | Israeli failure to capture the strategic Hill 86 in the Gaza Strip |
| Battle of Bir Thamila | — | December 25–26, 1948 | Israeli capture of Bir Thamila and its surroundings, on its way to the Sinai |
| Battle of al-Auja | — | December 25–27, 1948 | Israeli capture of Auja al-Hafir, a village bordering Egypt |
| Battles of the Sinai | — | December 28, 1948 – January 2, 1949 | Israeli encirclement of the Egyptian forces in the Gaza Strip by entering the Sinai Peninsula. The forces were withdrawn following international pressure. |
| Battle of Rafah | — | January 3–8, 1949 | Failed Israeli attack on numerous positions south of Rafah |
| Operation Hisul | lit. Liquidation | December 27–28 | Failed Israeli attack on Iraq al-Manshiyya |
| Operation Uvda | lit. Fact (named for objective of creating facts on the ground) | March 5–10, 1949 | Establishing Israeli sovereignty in the Negev |
| Operation Yitzuv | lit. Stabilization | March 7–9, 1949 | Part of Operation Uvda; Israeli capture of parts of the Dead Sea's western shores and linking up with Ein Gedi |
Read more about this topic: List Of Battles And Operations In The 1948 Palestine War
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