Southern Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)
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Were a series of battles on the southern front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.
Chronology
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May 1948: Until May 21, the Egyptian forces had occupied Beersheba and reached Bethlehem.
May 1948: Egyptian troops moved up the coast through what is now the Gaza Strip, to above Ashdod, before being stopped in late May.
November 1948: With Operation Shmone the Arab village of Iraq Suwaydan fell to Israeli forces.
January 1949: With Operation Yaov, northern Negev was conquered by Israeli forces by 7 January 1949.
May 1948: The Jordanian Arab League reached the southern suburbs of Jerusalem.
Selected Sources
Alain Gresh et Dominique Vidal, Palestine 47, un partage avorté, 1994, p. 177.
Filiu, J. (2023): Gaza - A History, Hurst Publishers, Chapter 4 "The Catastrophe"
Golani, M. / Manna, A. (2011): Two sides of the coin: Independence and Nakba 1948, Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, p. 116
Iraq Swaidan (village). Palestinian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 6 April 2024 on https://web.archive.org/web/20210426063419/https://www.palestinapedia.net/عراق-سويدان-قرية/
Morris, B. (2008): 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p.234,
