The 1948 Arab-Israeli War was the second stage of the broader Palestine war of 1947 to 1949, and began when the British Mandate ended, Israel declared independence, and the armies of Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon entered the former mandate territory. Israel defeated the invading forces after several rounds of fighting separated by truces, and expanded beyond the areas assigned to it in the United Nations partition plan. Armistice agreements in 1949 left Transjordan in control of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Egypt in control of Gaza. Some 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled, an event known to Palestinians as the Nakba.
Before and after
- 9 April 1948Deir Yassin massacre
- 13 April 1948Hadassah medical convoy massacre
- 16 April 1948Founding of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- 14 May 1948Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
- from 15 May 1948 to 10 March 19491948 Arab–Israeli War
- 15 May 1948Gaza–Israel conflict
- 31 May 1948Birth of Svetlana Alexievich
- 5 June 1948Construction of National Diet Library
- from 16 June 1948 to 12 July 1960Malayan Emergency
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