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	This period constitutes the first phase of the ], during which the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine clashed, while the ruling British, who were supposed to guarantee safety there, planned their withdrawal and only occasionally intervened.		This period constitutes the first phase of the ], during which the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine clashed, while the ruling British, who were supposed to guarantee safety there, planned their withdrawal and only occasionally intervened.
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1948 Arab-Israeli War

Part of the Arab-Israeli conflict

Attacks 15 May–10 June 1948

Date	November 1947–March 1949
Location	Middle East
Result	1949 Armistice Agreements

Belligerents

Israel

Egypt,

Syria,

Transjordan,

Lebanon,

Iraq,

Saudi Arabia,

Yemen,
File:Palestinian flag.svg Holy War Army,
File:Palestinian flag.svg Arab Liberation Army

Commanders and leaders

Yaakov Dori,

Yigael Yadin

Glubb Pasha,
File:Palestinian flag.svg Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni,
File:Palestinian flag.svg Hasan Salama,
File:Palestinian flag.svg Fawzi Al-Qawuqji

Strength

Israel: 29,677 initially rising to 108,300 by December 1948

Egypt: 10,000 initially rising to 20,000

Iraq: 5,000 initially rising to 15–18,000

Syria: 2,500–5,000

Transjordan: 6,000–12,000

Lebanon: 1,000 initially rising to 2,000

Saudi Arabia: 800–1,200
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Yemen: unknown
File:Palestinian flag.svg Arab Liberation Army: 3,500-6,000

Casualties and losses

6,373 (4,000 troops and about 2,400 civilians)

Unknown (between 5,000 and 15,000)

Template:Campaignbox Arab-Israeli conflictThe 1947-48 Palestinian civil war took place from November 30 1947, shortly after the 1947 UN Partition Plan, to May 14 1948 when the British Mandate of Palestine ended.

This period constitutes the first phase of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, during which the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine clashed, while the ruling British, who were supposed to guarantee safety there, planned their withdrawal and only occasionally intervened.

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Pollack, 2004; Sadeh, 1997