Operation Dekel

Operation Dekel

Operation Dekel (Hebrew: מבצע דקל‎, Mivtza Dekel, lit. Operation Palm Tree), was the largest offensive in the north of Israel after the first truce of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was carried out by the 7th Armoured Brigade, a battalion from the Carmeli Brigade along with some elements from the Golani Brigade between 8–18 July. Its objective was to capture Nazareth and the Lower Galilee. The operation was led by Ben Dunkelman, a Canadian volunteer who was the commander of the 7th Brigade.

On 15 July Israeli aircraft bombed the village Saffuriya and caused panic among the population. Most of the villagers fled northwards toward Lebanon. Only about 100 elderly remained.

On the evening of 16 July, Nazareth surrendered to the Israelis after a light fight which only involved one Israeli dead and one wounded. The Arab Liberation Army forces in the village under the command of Fawzi al-Qawuqji retreated to the mountains in the north. In sharp contrast to the surrounding towns, the inhabitants in Nazareth were never forced to evacuate. Dunkelman refused to obey orders from Chaim Laskov to evacuate the civilian population of Nazareth.[1]

Contents

Arab communities captured in Operation Dekel

Name Date Brigade Population[2]
Kuwaykat 10 July 7th Armoured Brigade and Carmeli Brigade n/a
Jiddin, Khirbat 10–11 July 1,500
Ma'lul 14 July 690
Saffuriyya 15 July Sheva' (7th) Brigade with
two Battalions from Carmeli Brigade
4,330
Amqa 15–16 July 7th Armoured Brigade and Carmeli Brigade 1,240
al-Damun 15–16 July 7th Armoured Brigade 1,310
Mi'ar 15–18 July 7th Armoured Brigade 770
Nahf 15–18 July 7th Armoured Brigade n/a
Sakhnin 15–18 July 7th Armoured Brigade n/a
Nazareth 16 July 14,200[3]
Lubya[4] 16 July 2,350
Hittin 16–17 July 7th Armoured Brigade 1,190
Nimrin 16–17 July 320
Sha'ab 18 July n/a
Al-Birwa 18 July 260

See also

  • List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
  • List of Israeli military operations in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
  • List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

References

  1. ^ Said, E.W. & Hitchens, C. (2001) Blaming the Victims pp. 86-87 ISBN 1859843409
  2. ^ 'All That Remains',ISBN 0 88728 224 5, quoting 1944/45 census.
  3. ^ 1944. 'Survey of Palestine 1945/6'. page 151. ISBN 0 88728 211 3.
  4. ^ 'All That Remains', page 527, quotes the'History of the Haganah': 'Lubiya fell without fighting and the road to Tiberias was open to us.'

External links

Coordinates: 32°46′53.41″N 35°12′6.26″E / 32.7815028°N 35.2017389°E / 32.7815028; 35.2017389


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