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Battle for Jerusalem

Name: Battle for Jerusalem
Location: Jerusalem, Israel

Battle for Jerusalem was a battle fought in 1947 at Jerusalem, in what is now Israel; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Jerusalem. It was part of the 1948 Palestine war, which ran from 1947 to 1949. The recorded result: Inconclusive. Recorded strength: 10,000 troops against 6,000 Jordanian troops; 2,000 Egyptian troops; 500 Palestinian militia.

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Fought1947ran into the following year

WhereJerusalem, Israel31.777N, 35.234E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeInconclusive

BelligerentsIsrael; Before May 1948: Haganah Symbol.svg Haganah; Palmach.svg Palmach; Irgun.svg Irgun; Logo of the Lehi movement.svg Lehi; After May 1948: Israel Defense Forces; 15px Etzion Brigade; 15px Harel BrigadeagainstTransjordan; Egypt; Palestinian Arab militias

Casualties and losses700 military dead; Up to 600 civilians killedandUnknown

Part of1948 Palestine war1947 to 1949

Where it sits in the 1948 Palestine war

5 placed engagements of the 1948 Palestine war in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1947 (year precision) to 1948
Place	Jerusalem, Israel 31.777N, 35.234E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Territorial change	East Jerusalem and the Old City fall under Jordanian control; West Jerusalem falls under Israeli control
Strength	10,000 troops	6,000 Jordanian troops; 2,000 Egyptian troops; 500 Palestinian militia
Casualties and losses	700 military dead; Up to 600 civilians killed	Unknown
Commanders	David Shaltiel Dov Yosef	Abdullah el Tell Abd al-Qader al-Husseini John Bagot Glubb

Placed at Jerusalem; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Jerusalem AD 70, 0.2 km NE
Siege of Jerusalem 597 BC, 0.4 km W
Battle of Jerusalem AD 66, 0.5 km NW
Battle of Jerusalem 1917, 0.6 km W
Battle of Mandelbaum Gate 1948, 1.4 km NW

In the same war

After: Battle of 3 Shevat 14 January 1948
All 5 engagements of 1948 Palestine war

Elsewhere in 1947

Battle for Jerusalem is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 152 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2916279, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle for Jerusalem, revision 1374854522, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.