CASUALTY RECORD // July 15, 1948
Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 170–200 estimated
Izrael
170–200
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak was fought on July 15, 1948, during the ten-day interval between the first and second truces of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War — a period of intense fighting in which both sides sought to consolidate or improve their positions before a renewed ceasefire took hold. The engagement pitted Israeli forces against the Egyptian army. Israeli force sizes ranged between 150 and 600, with casualties recorded at 170 to 200, suggesting the fighting was costly relative to the forces involved. Beyond its place in the broader inter-truce offensive operations along the Egyptian front, the available record does not specify what the battle decided or how it affected the subsequent course of the campaign.
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