1948 Palestine war

(Not to be confused with 1948 Arab–Israeli War.) The 1948 Palestine war, known in Hebrew as The War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות‎‎, Milkhemet Ha'Atzma'ut) or the War of Liberation (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור‎‎, Milkhemet HaShikhrur) and in Arabic as The Nakba or Catastrophe (Arabic: النكبة‎‎, al-Nakba), refers to the war that occurred in the former Mandatory Palestine during the period between the United Nations vote on the partition plan on November 30, 1947, and the official end of the first Arab-Israeli war on July 20, 1949. Historians divide the war into two phases:

1948 Palestine war

(Not to be confused with 1948 Arab–Israeli War.) The 1948 Palestine war, known in Hebrew as The War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות‎‎, Milkhemet Ha'Atzma'ut) or the War of Liberation (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור‎‎, Milkhemet HaShikhrur) and in Arabic as The Nakba or Catastrophe (Arabic: النكبة‎‎, al-Nakba), refers to the war that occurred in the former Mandatory Palestine during the period between the United Nations vote on the partition plan on November 30, 1947, and the official end of the first Arab-Israeli war on July 20, 1949. Historians divide the war into two phases: