Operation Uvda

Significance

Operation Uvda, conducted from 5 to 10 March 1949, was the final IDF campaign of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Its objective was to secure the southern Negev desert, a territory Jordan claimed as its own during the concurrent armistice negotiations. By moving to establish facts on the ground before those negotiations concluded, Israel sought to resolve the disputed status of the region in its favor. As the last operation of the war, Uvda's outcome directly shaped the territorial boundaries that would be formalized in the armistice agreements, making it a campaign with direct diplomatic as well as military consequences.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (6)