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.
Villages and towns captured during Operation Yoav, October 1948.
The Battles of the Separation Corridor were a series of military engagements between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian army in Operation Yoav, and were the centerpiece of the operation. They
Israeli forces at Huleiqat