battle, Cold War
Battle of Rafah
Battle of Rafah was a battle fought on 3 January 1949 at Rafah, in what is now Palestine. It was part of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which ran from 1948 to 1949. The recorded result: Inconclusive; 1949 Armistice Agreements.
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Record
| Date | 3 January 1949 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Rafah, Palestine 31.226N, 34.217E | |
| Part of | 1948 Arab–Israeli War (1948 to 1949) | |
| Kind | Battle, Cold War | |
| Result | Inconclusive; 1949 Armistice Agreements | |
| Belligerents | Israel | Egypt |
| Commanders | David Ben-Gurion; David Elazar; Yigal Allon | Farouk I; Ibrahim Abdel Hady |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Rafa 1917, 4.7 km
- Battle of Raphia 217 BC, 7.7 km
- Battle of Nirim 1948, 12 km
- Battle of Hill 86 1948, 22 km
- Battle of the Jiradi 1967, 26 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of 'Auja 26 December 1948
- All 15 engagements of 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Elsewhere in 1949
- Battle of Guningtou People's Republic of China
- Battle of Florina Greece
- Battle of Dengbu Island China
- Battle of Agios Vasileios Greece
- Siege of Surakarta Indonesia
Battle of Rafah is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 21 in present-day Palestine.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872154, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Rafah (1949), revision 1370272615, 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.