<Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> 1948 Arab -- Israeli War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of 1948 Palestine war </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Captain Avraham `` Bren '' Adan raising the Ink Flag at Umm Rashrash ( a site now in Eilat ) , marking the end of the war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 15 May 1948 -- 10 March 1949 ( 9 months , 3 weeks and 2 days ) Final armistice agreement concluded on 20 July 1949 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Former British Mandate of Palestine , Sinai Peninsula , southern Lebanon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Israeli victory </Li> <Li> Jordanian partial victory </Li> <Li> Palestinian Arab defeat </Li> <Li> Egyptian defeat </Li> <Li> Arab League strategic failure </Li> <Li> 1949 Armistice Agreements </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Israel keeps area allotted to it by the Partition Plan and captures 50 % of area allotted to Arab state ; Jordanian occupation of West Bank , Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Israel </P> <P> Before 26 May 1948 : </P> <Ul> <Li> Haganah </Li> <Li> Palmach </Li> <Li> Irgun </Li> <Li> Lehi </Li> </Ul> <P> After 26 May 1948 : Israel Defense Forces </P> <Ul> <Li> Minorities Unit </Li> </Ul> Foreign volunteers : Mahal </Td> <Td> Arab League ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Egypt </Li> <Li> Jordan </Li> <Li> Iraq </Li> <Li> Syria </Li> <Li> Lebanon ( Lebanon had decided to not participate in the war and only took part in the battle of al - Malikiya on 5 -- 6 June 1948 . ) </Li> <Li> Saudi Arabia </Li> <Li> Yemen </Li> </Ul> <P> Irregulars : Holy War Army Arab Liberation Army </P> Foreign volunteers : Muslim Brotherhood Pakistan Sudan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Politicians : David Ben - Gurion Commanders : Yisrael Galili Yaakov Dori Yigael Yadin Mickey Marcus † Yigal Allon Yitzhak Rabin David Shaltiel Moshe Dayan Shimon Avidan Moshe Carmel </P> Yitzhak Sadeh </Td> <Td> <P> Politicians : Azzam Pasha King Farouk I King Abdallah I Muzahim al - Pachachi Husni al - Za'im Haj Amin al - Husseini Commanders : Ahmed Ali al - Mwawi Muhammad Naguib John Bagot Glubb Habis al - Majali Hasan Salama † </P> Fawzi al - Qawuqji </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Israel : 29,677 ( initially ) 117,500 ( finally ) </Td> <Td> Egypt : 10,000 initially , rising to 20,000 Iraq : 3,000 initially , rising to 15,000 -- 18,000 Syria : 2,500 -- 5,000 Transjordan : 8,000 -- 12,000 Lebanon : 1,000 Saudi Arabia : 800 -- 1,200 ( Egyptian command ) Yemen : 300 Arab Liberation Army : 3,500 -- 6,000 . Total : 13,000 ( initial ) 51,100 ( minimal ) 63,500 ( maximum ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6,373 killed ( about 4,000 fighters and 2,400 civilians ) </Td> <Td> Arab armies : 3,700 -- 7,000 killed Palestinian Arabs : 3,000 -- 13,000 killed ( both fighters and civilians ) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>
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