1948 Arab–Israeli War
Part of the 1947–1949 Palestine war
Raising the Ink Flag at Umm Rashrash (Eilat).jpg
Captain Avraham "Bren" Adan raising the Ink Flag at Umm Rashrash (a site now in Eilat), marking the end of the war
Date15 May 1948 – 10 March 1949
(9 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Former British Mandate of Palestine, Sinai Peninsula, southern Lebanon
Result
  • Israeli victory
  • Jordanian partial victory
  • Palestinian Arab defeat
  • Egyptian defeat
  • Arab League strategic failure
  • 1949 Armistice Agreements
Territorial
changes
Israel keeps the area allotted to it by the Partition Plan and captures ≈60% of the area allotted to Arab state; Jordanian rule of the West Bank, Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip
Belligerents

 Israel

Before 26 May 1948:
IsraelYishuv
Paramilitary groups:

  • Haganah Symbol.svg Haganah
  • Palmach
  • Hish Symbol.svg Hish
  • Him Symbol.svg Him
  • Irgun.png Irgun
  • Logo of the Lehi movement.svg Lehi
  • Allied Bedouin tribes

After 26 May 1948:
Badge of the Israel Defense Forces.svg Israel Defense Forces

  • Flag of Druze.svg Minorities Unit
Foreign volunteers:
Mahal

 Arab League:

  •  Egypt
    • All-Palestine ProtectorateAll-Palestine Protectorate(after 22 September 1948)
      • All-Palestine ProtectorateHoly War Army(after 22 September 1948)
  •  Transjordan
  •  Iraq
  • Syria
  •  Lebanon
  •  Saudi Arabia
  •  Yemen

Irregulars:
Arab Liberation Army (bw).svgArab Liberation Army

  • al-Najjada
All-Palestine ProtectorateHoly War Army
Commanders and leaders
IsraelDavid Ben-Gurion
IsraelYisrael Galili
IsraelYaakov Dori
IsraelYigael Yadin
IsraelMickey Marcus 
IsraelYigal Allon
IsraelYitzhak Rabin
IsraelDavid Shaltiel
IsraelMoshe Dayan
IsraelShimon Avidan
IsraelMoshe Carmel
IsraelYitzhak Sadeh
Arab LeagueAzzam Pasha
Kingdom of EgyptKing Farouk I
Kingdom of EgyptAhmed Ali al-Mwawi
Kingdom of EgyptMuhammad Naguib
JordanKing Abdallah I
JordanJohn Bagot Glubb
JordanHabis Majali
Kingdom of IraqMuzahim al-Pachachi
Second Syrian RepublicHusni al-Za'im
All-Palestine ProtectorateHaj Amin al-Husseini
All-Palestine ProtectorateHasan Salama 
Arab Liberation Army (bw).svg Fawzi al-Qawuqji
Strength
Israel: 29,677 (initially)
117,500 (finally)
Egypt: 10,000 initially, rising to 20,000[citation needed]
Transjordan: 7,500–10,000
Iraq: 2,000 initially, rising to 15,000–18,000[citation needed]
Syria: 2,500[citation needed]–5,000
Lebanon: 436
Saudi Arabia: 800–1,200(Egyptian command)
Yemen: 300[citation needed]
Arab Liberation Army: 3,500–6,000.
Total:
13,000 (initial)
51,100 (minimum)
63,500 (maximum)
Casualties and losses
6,373 killed (about 4,000 fighters and 2,400 civilians)Arab armies:
3,700–7,000 killed
Palestinian Arabs:
3,000–13,000 killed (both fighters and civilians)