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Is a country in Western Asia, on the Mediterranean coast. Located on the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, it was slowly colonized from the end of the XIX century by Jewish immigrants with the aim of creating a nation there. After World War II the wave of immigration increased further due to the Holocaust. The Palestinian War between the Jewish and Arab population started after the British left their Mandate in Palestine. Israel was officially created in 1948 and was able to conquer most of the the former British Mandate.
Establishment
May 1948: Unilateral declaration of Independence of the State of Israel.
May 1948: Khan al-Duway was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yiftach.
May 1948: Al-Shawka al-Tahta was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yiftach.
May 1948: Galilee is conquered by the Arab Liberation Army.
May 1948: Latrun is occupied by the 3rd Jordanian Brigade.
May 1948: On May 17, 1948 Israeli troops took control of Acre
May 1948: Jewish forces from the Haganah and Irgun executed Operation Kilshon ("Pitchfork"). Its aim was to capture the Jewish suburbs of Jerusalem.
May 1948: al-Kabri was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Ben-Ami.
May 1948: al-Tall was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Ben-Ami.
May 1948: Israeli conquests until end of May during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
May 1948: Umm al-Faraj was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Ben-Ami.
May 1948: al-Ghabisiyya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Ben-Ami.
May 1948: Until May 21, the Egyptian forces had occupied Beersheba and reached Bethlehem.
May 1948: The Jordanian Arab League reached the southern suburbs of Jerusalem.
May 1948: Al-Zawiya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yiftach.
May 1948: 'Ammuqa was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yiftach.
May 1948: Iraqi forces march on the triangle of Jenin - Nablus - Tulkarem.
May 1948: Al-Mansura, Safad were among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yiftach.
May 1948: Egyptian troops moved up the coast through what is now the Gaza Strip, to above Ashdod, before being stopped in late May.
June 1948: Al-Didara was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yiftach.
June 1948: Al-Dirbashiyya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yiftach.
June 1948: Al-Shuna was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yiftach.
June 1948: Taytaba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yiftach.
June 1948: Advances of the Syrian forces in Palestine by the end of June 1948.
June 1948: Lebanese forces captured the village of al-Malikiyya.
June 1948: Al-Malikiyya, evacuated by its Lebanese and Palestinian defenders, was captured without a fight by the Israelis during Operation Hiram.
June 1948: On June 10, 1948 Syrian forces attacked the kibbutz Mishmar Hayarden.
June 1948: al-Birwa was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Ben-Ami.
June 1948: By the end of the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, Zionist paramilitary organization Haganah conquered the Galilee panhandle from Tiberias to Metula.
July 1948: Kuwaykat was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Dayr Tarif was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Rantiya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Al-Tira was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Kafr Yasif was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Daniyal was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: 'Innaba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: al-Barriyya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Kharruba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Jimzu was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Khirbat Jiddin was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Lydda was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Al-Jura was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Al-Muzayri'a was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Al-Haditha was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Majdal Yaba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Ramle was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Suba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Sar'a was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Shefa-'Amr was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Irgun paramilitary Units and the Etzioni Brigade occupied the Arab village of Malha.
July 1948: I'billin was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Khirbat al-Lawz was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Al-Makr was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Julis was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: al-Burj was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Al-Mujaydil was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Kh al-Buwayra was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Ma'lul was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Bayt Nabala was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Barfiliya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Bir Ma'in was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Salbit was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Nazareth was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: ad-Damun was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Saffuriya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Lubya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Nimrin was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Hittin was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Mi'ar was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Nahf was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Shilta was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Kfar Kanna was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Artuf was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Danny.
July 1948: Bu'eina was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Uzeir was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Tamra, was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
July 1948: Rummana was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Dekel.
August 1948: Bayt Thul was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Nachshon.
October 1948: Al-Nabi Rubin was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Bayt Tima was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Hulayqat was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Kawkaba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Beersheba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: 'Ajjur was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Ra'na was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Zikrin was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Kidna was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Bayt Jibrin was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Al-Khalasa was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Dayr Sunayd was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Bayt 'Affa was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Isdud was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Al-Qubayba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Mirun was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Tarshiha was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Safsaf was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Jish was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: al-Dawayima was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
October 1948: Suhmata was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Kafr 'Inan was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Ghabbatiyya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Fassuta was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Fara was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Dayshum was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Eilabun was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Dayr al-Qassi was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Sa'sa was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: al-Farradiyya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Sabalan, Safad were among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Mi'ilya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Maghar was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Hula was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Kuakab was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Alma was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Operation Hiram resulted in the Israeli conquest of Upper Galilee.
October 1948: Al-Malikiyya, evacuated by its Lebanese and Palestinian defenders, was captured without a fight by the Israelis during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Deir Hanna was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Sakhnin was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Kafr Bir'im was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Arab al-Samniyya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Iqrit was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Iribbin, Khirbat were among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Al Bi'na was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Kafr Manda was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
October 1948: Arraba was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Hiram.
November 1948: Hamama was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
November 1948: al-Majdal was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
November 1948: Al-Jiyya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
November 1948: Hiribya was among the arab communities captured by Israel during Operation Yoav.
November 1948: With Operation Shmone the Arab village of Iraq Suwaydan fell to Israeli forces.
December 1948: Arab defeat at al-Auja on December 27, 1948.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
is an ongoing conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours, as well as with Palestine, an area factually controlled by Israel itself. The conflict begun when the British Mandate in Palestine (a former Ottoman territory) was partitioned into an Arab and a Jewish state.
1.1.Israel-Hamas war
An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas, a Gaza-based Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist political organisation with a military wing. The war started when Hamas invaded nearby Israeli territories, triggering a response by the Israeli forces which started an invasion of the Gaza Strip.
1.1.1.2023 Hamas attack on Israel
On October 7, 2023, Hamas initiated a large-scale attack on Israel, leading to significant casualties and escalating into a broader conflict. This event marked a significant escalation in the Gaza-Israel conflict.
October 2023: On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian nationalist militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza Envelope of southern Israel
October 2023: The IDF counterattack results in the reconquest of Sderot and fighting in Kfar Aza. Hamas still controlls seven communities as well as Erez.
October 2023: By the end of October 9th Israeli forces have reconquered all the territories that had been attacked by Hamas.
1.2.Palestine War
Was a war that took place in Palestine, initially a British Mandate, between the Jewish population and the the Arab population (later with the support of the Arab league) of the region. It is traditionally divided in two phases: a civil war in the final phase of the British Mandate, and a full-scale invasion by a coalition of Arab countries after the British left Palestine. During the war the State of Israel was established.
1.2.1.1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
Was a civil war between the Jewish and Arab populations of the British Mandate for Palestine, and the first phase of the 1948 Palestine War. The goal of the Jewish population was the creation of their own nation, whereas the Arab community, which represented the majority of the country, opposed this plan.
1.2.1.1.Operation Nachshon
Was a military operation carried out by Jewish paramilitary brigades during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
1.2.1.2.Operation Yiftach
Was a military operation carried out by Jewish paramilitary brigades during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
1.2.1.3.Operation Ben-Ami
Was a military operation carried out by Jewish paramilitary brigades during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
1.2.1.4.Operation Kilshon
Was a military operation carried out by Jewish paramilitary brigades during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
1.2.1.5.Operation Hiram
Was a military operation carried out by Jewish paramilitary brigades during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
1.2.2.1948 Arab-Israeli War
Was a war between the newly established State of Israel and a coalition of Arab states. It was the second phase of the Palestine War of 1948. After the evacuation of the British forces from the Mandate for Palestine, Israel declared its independence, and Palestine was invaded by a coalition of Arab states.
1.2.2.1.Northern Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)
Were a series of battles on the northern front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.
1.2.2.2.Central Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)
Were a series of battles on the central front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.
1.2.2.3.Southern Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)
Were a series of battles on the southern front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.
January 1949: With Operation Yaov, northern Negev was conquered by Israeli forces by 7 January 1949.
1.2.2.4.Northern Front - Operation Hiram
Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1.2.2.5.Central Front - Operation Danny
Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1.2.2.6.Northern Front - Operation Dekel
Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1.2.2.7.Southern Front - Operation Yoav
Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1.2.2.8.Southern Front - Operation Horev
Was a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1.2.3.1949 Armistice Agreements
Were a series of agreements between Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria that formally ended the 1948 Arab-Israel War.
July 1949: By 20 July Israel made Armistice Agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, ending the 1947-1949 Palestine war. Israel was left with the part of Mandatory Palestine it had conquered during the war.
July 1949: By 20 July Israel made Armistice Agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, ending the 1947-1949 Palestine war. Western Jordan remains occupied by Jordan.
July 1949: By 20 July Israel made Armistice Agreements with Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, ending the 1947-1949 Palestine war. Israel left the territories that it had occupied outside Mandatory Palestine.
1.3.Yom Kippur War
Was a war between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. The war began on October 6, 1973, when the Arab coalition jointly launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. .
1.3.1.Golan Heights Front
Was the theatre of war in the Golan Heights that saw fights between Syria and Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
October 1973: In the Golan Heights the Syrians attacked the Israeli defenses.
October 1973: The last Syrian unit in the central sector had been pushed back beyond the purple line (the pre-war border).
July 1980: Jerusalem: Although the law did not use the term, the Israeli Supreme Court interpreted the law as an effective annexation of East Jerusalem.
December 1981: On 14 December 1981 the Israeli Knesset passed the Golan Heights Law. While the law did not use the term annexation, it was considered to be an annexation by the Israeli opposition and international community.
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