Central Front (1948 Arab-Israeli War)
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Were a series of battles on the central front of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War at the beginning of the war.
Chronology
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May 1948: Jordanian forces invaded Mandatory Palestine and moved towards Nablus and Ramallah.
May 1948: Lydda and Ramleh are occupied by the 3rd Jordanian Brigade.
May 1948: Latrun is occupied by the 3rd Jordanian Brigade.
May 1948: Iraqi forces march on the triangle of Jenin - Nablus - Tulkarem.
July 1948: Irgun paramilitary Units and the Etzioni Brigade occupied the Arab village of Malha.
May 1948: The Jewish quarter of Jerusalem fell to the Jordanian Arab Legion on 28 May 1948.
Selected Sources
Alain Gresh et Dominique Vidal, Palestine 47, un partage avorté, 1994, p. 177.
Morris, B. (2003): Victimes: histoire revisitée du conflit arabo-sioniste, Editions Complexe, p.247
Morris, B. (2003): Victimes: histoire revisitée du conflit arabo-sioniste, Editions Complexe, p.265
Naor, M. (2013): Social Mobilization in the Arab/Israeli War of 1948: On the Israeli Home Front, Routledge, p. 140
Tal, D. (2004): War in Palestine, 1948: Israeli and Arab Strategy and Diplomacy, Routledge, p. 205
