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    Operation Horev was a large-scale offensive against the Egyptian army in the Western Negev towards the end of the Arab–Israeli War in 1948 and 1949. Its...
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    between two larger operations in that theatre, Operation Yoav and Operation Horev. Following Operation Yoav, the Egyptian Army tried to stabilize a defensive...
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    Amos Horev (Hebrew: עמוס חורב; né Sochaczewer; born 30 June 1924) is an Israeli military official and expert. He served as a commander in the Palmach...
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    City of Jerusalem. Later the brigade took part in Operation Danny, Operation Ha-Har, and Operation Horev. The Palmach memorial website records 274 of its...
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    Egyptian pocket of al-Faluja on the night of 28 December during Operation Horev. The operation was the second-worst loss suffered by the Israel Defense Forces...
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    of the police station at Umm Rashrash Uvda (Israel) Ovda Airport   Operation Horev Carta Jerusalem (2003). Jehuda Wallach (ed.). Battle Sites in the Land...
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    Battles of the Sinai (1948) (category Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
    Peninsula in December 1948 – January 1949, as part of the Israeli Operation Horev. The IDF's Southern Command, under Yigal Allon, concentrated forces...
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    these were reversed in late December 1948 when the Israeli army, in "Operation Horev", drove Egyptian forces out of the Negev Desert and encircled the Egyptian...
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    Negev Brigade". The Negev Brigade's raid on Bir Hama Airport during Operation Horev A Negev Brigade artillery unit Haim Bar Lev, as Commander of the 8th...
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    needed] On 22 December, the IDF launched Operation Horev, also called Operation Ayin. The goal of the operation was to drive all remaining Egyptian forces...
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    French Mahal volunteers in the Negev during Operation Horev...
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    killed during Operation Danny, including 45 at Khirbet Kurikur; 53 during Operation Yoav; 44 in Operation Horev and 22 during Operation Death to the Invader...
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    November Palmach soldiers are instructed before Operation Yoav Negev Brigade prior to Operation Horev During the truce, the Egyptians regularly blocked...
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    proved its worth and the city was cut off. The Haganah then launched Operation Nachshon, 4–20 April, and managed to force through a number of large convoys...
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    Among others, the brigade participated in Operation Danny, Operation Yoav, Operation Assaf and Operation Horev. Following the 1948 war, the brigade served...
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  • Battle of Hill 86 (category Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
    Egyptian Army as part of Operation Horev. It was fought on December 22–23, 1948, and was the first battle of the operation. The Israelis initiated the...
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    Battle of Rafah (1949) (category Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
    today in the Gaza Strip. The battle was initiated by Israel as part of Operation Horev, on the backdrop of the Sinai battles just before. The Israelis were...
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    of operations for the Southern Front and participated in the major battles ending the fighting there, including Operation Yoav and Operation Horev. In...
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    Sherman tanks were purchased from Italy. Two of them participated in Operation Horev in December 1948. The following list contains the currently active...
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    off Ashdod. The IAF and RAF clashed again on January 7, 1949, during Operation Horev, when four RAF Spitfires were shot down, followed by a Hawker Tempest...
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    accepted in January 1944, which first saw combat in July 1944 during Operation Cobra. Variants of the M4 and M4A3 were factory-produced with a 105 mm...
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    blocking the road to the Negev. In December 1948 he participated in Operation Horev in the Negev, when the forces under his command crossed the Egyptian...
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  • Battle of 'Auja (category Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
    1948, as part of Operation Horev, an Israeli campaign meant to expel all Egyptian forces from the country. The first stage of the operation was the simultaneous...
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    December 22, 1948 Israeli forces launched a counter-offensive, code-named Operation Horev, against the Egyptians and succeeded in ejecting them from Nitzana...
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    transferred to the south in preparation for Operation Horev. Golani fought the Egyptians in the Gaza Strip, in Operation Assaf, the Battle of Hill 86 and later...
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    commander were in October and December 1948: Operation Yoav towards the Hebron Hills and Operation Horev along the Southern Egyptian Front. As Operational...
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  • Following is a list of battles and operations in the 1948 Palestine war. Following is a list of operations undertaken by the Yishuv and later Israel to...
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    redeployed in Beersheba to participate in Operation Horev. Additionally, it enabled Israel's entire conquest in Operations Uvda and Itzuv. After the area was...
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    in Be'ersheva photographed during Operation Yoav, 1948 Harel Brigade assembling in Beersheba prior to Operation Horev, 25 December 1948 Nahal Beersheba...
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    population. The success of the operation was assisted by the death of al-Husayni in combat. At the same time, the large-scale operation of the Arab Liberation...
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