Operation Yoav - Captured Arab Villages

Captured Arab Villages

Name Date Defending forces Brigade Population (1944/45)
Bayt 'Affa 2nd half of October 1948 n/a n/a 700
Bayt Tima 18 October 1948 n/a but a Saudi company
here in early July		 Givati Brigade 1,060
Hulayqat 19 October 1948 Egyptian Army
600 regular soldiers
'100 killed'		 Givati Brigade 420
Kawkaba 20 October 1948 Saudi Company present in June Givati Brigade 680
Dayr Sunayd 21 October 1948 Egyptian Army,
9th Battalion including
Gamal Abdel Nasser		 n/a 730
Beersheba 21 October 1948 Egyptian Army 8th Armored Brigade, Negev Brigade 5,570
Zikrin 22–23 October 1948 n/a Givati Brigade 960
Kudna 22–23 October 1948 none Givati Brigade 450
'Ajjur 23 October 1948 n/a 4th Battalion, Givati Brigade 3,730
Dayr al-Dubban 23–24 October 1948 none Givati Brigade 730
Bayt Jibrin 24 October 1948 Egyptian Army Givati Brigade 2,430
Al-Qubayba 28 October 1948 none Givati or Harel Brigade 1,060
Isdud 28 October 1948 Egyptians withdrew Givati Brigade 4,910 inc. 290 Jews
al-Dawayima 29 October 1948 no organized defense 89th Battalion, 8th Brigade 3,710
Bayt Jirja 30 October 1948 n/a Givati Brigade, Negev Brigade, Yiftach Brigade 940
Al-Khalasa End of October Egyptian Army Negev Brigade n/a
Hamama 4 November 1948 Egyptian Army Givati Brigade 5,070 inc. 60 Jews
Al-Jiyya 4 November 1948 n/a Givati Brigade 1,230
Al-Jura 4 November 1948 no resistance Givati Brigade 2,420
al-Majdal 4 November 1948 Egyptian Army Givati Brigade, Negev Brigade, Yiftach Brigade 9,910
Hiribya early November 1948 Egyptian Army n/a 2,300 inc. 60 Jews
Bayt Jirja 4–5 November 1948 n/a n/a 940
Barbara 5 November 1948 n/a n/a 2,410

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