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1948 Palestine war
Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Arab fighters in front of a burning Haganah armoured supply truck near the city of Jerusalem (c. 1948)
Date 30 November 1947 – 18 March 1949 (1 year, 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) Location Mandatory Palestine, Sinai Peninsula, southern Lebanon Result Israeli victory Establishment of the State of Israel Palestinian defeat Expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from modern Israel Beginning of Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency Jordanian victory Occupation of Palestine by Transjordan Territorial changes 1949 Armistice Agreements: Establishment of the State of Israel Annexation of Palestine by Jordan (including Jerusalem)
Belligerents
Yishuv (before 14 May 1948) Israel (after 14 May 1948) Before 29 March 1948: Haganah Palmach Hish Corps HIM Corps Irgun Lehi Druze militants Allied Bedouin tribes Transjordan 29 March 1948 - 26 May 1948: Haganah Palmach Hish Corps HIM Corps Druze militants Allied Bedouin tribes Transjordan After 26 May 1948: Israel Defense Forces IDF Minorities Unit Transjordan Foreign volunteers: Mahal	Arab Higher Committee (before 15 May 1948) Arab League (after 15 May 1948) Arab Liberation Army Holy War Army	After 29 March 1948: Irgun Lehi
Commanders and leaders
David Ben-Gurion Chaim Weizmann Yigael Yadin Yaakov Dori David Shaltiel Moshe Dayan Yisrael Galili Yigal Allon Yitzhak Rabin Moshe Carmel Aharon Remez Mickey Marcus † Gershon Zak Shlomo Shamir King Abdullah I John Bagot Glubb Habis al-Majali	Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni † Hasan Salama † Fawzi al-Qawuqji Haj Amin Al-Husseini	Menachem Begin Yitzhak Shamir Israel Eldad Nathan Yellin-Mor
Strength
c. 20,000 initially, rising to 70,000–74,000 by July 1948, of which: Israel: 62,000 Transjordan: 8,000–12,000	Arabs: c. 2,000 initially, rising to 3,500–6,000	Irgun: c. 3,000 Lehi: c. 200
Casualties and losses
Israel: 5,532 killed (about 3,526 troops and 2,000 civilians) Transjordan: c. 1,000	991 killed (including civilians),	c. 1000 killed