ORDER OF BATTLE // January 1, 1948
Operation Danny
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
1 sides catalogued · combined 6,000 estimated
Israel
6,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
Operation Danny was a major Israeli offensive launched at the close of the first truce of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, aimed at securing territory east of Tel Aviv and opening a corridor to relieve besieged Jewish population and forces in Jerusalem. The operation placed Yigal Alon and Yitzhak Rabin in command of Israeli forces numbering around 6,000 against the Arab Legion, commanded by Glubb Pasha, and Palestinian irregulars. Israeli casualties stood at 179 against 295 on the Transjordanian side. By targeting the axis between the coastal plain and Jerusalem, the operation was directly tied to one of the war's central strategic problems: the isolation of Jerusalem and the need to secure a viable land route to it.
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