Barbara, Gaza
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Barbara was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict located 17 km northeast of Gaza city, in the vicinity of modern Ashkelon. It had an entirely Arab population of 2,410 in 1945. The villag
A horse race held at Barbara, Palestine, 7 September 1940, with Australian 6th Division troops watching
Operation Yoav
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Operation Yoav was an Israeli military operation carried out from 15–22 October 1948 in the Negev Desert, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Its goal was to drive a wedge between the Egyptian forces al
Israeli soldiers capturing Beersheba
The Iraq Suwaydan bombardment, 9 November 1948.
Negev brigade
Villages and towns captured during Operation Yoav, October 1948.