Islin
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Islin was a Palestinian Arab village located 21 kilometers west of Jerusalem. The village had a population of 302 inhabitants and was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It was occupied by I
Islin 1943 1:20,000 (left)
Islin 1945 1:250,000 (lower left quadrant)
Operation Dani
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Operation Dani, also spelled Danny, was an Israeli military offensive launched on July 9–19, 1948 at the end of the first truce of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The objectives were to capture territory e
Soldiers of the Yiftach Brigade with a captured Jordanian armored vehicle in the village of al-Burj, 15 July 1948
Road from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Yitzhak Sadeh (left) and Yigal Allon (1948)
8th Armoured Brigade capture Lydda Airport (1948)