1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine

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, Holy War Army, Arab Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Yaakov Dori, Yigael Yadin	Glubb Pasha, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Hasan Salama, 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 > Yemen: unknown 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.